Publications
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Perú | Propuestas para mejorar los mecanismos de evaluación ambiental minera
Based on research on mining and water resources in Andean countries, this document provides public policy recommendations to help improve environmental monitoring of mining. In Argentina, the Veladero project located in San Juan was studied, and in Peru, the Antapaccay – Tintaya Expansion project, located in Espinar. The cases analyzed show that it is necessary […]
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Colombia | Minería y conflictos en torno a la contaminación del agua: la experiencia de monitoreos hídricos comunitarios en La Guajira, Colombia
Large-scale mining produces socio-environmental conflicts related to water pollution, in relation to quality, both States, companies and communities have promoted monitoring. Businesses and states focus on expert knowledge that devalues community water monitoring (MHC), which is based on local knowledge, day-to-day practices, and technical knowledge of networking with various social actors, evidencing contamination and hoarding […]
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COVID-19 and external shock. Economic impacts and policy options
Latin America is currently suffering from two independent but related shocks: the impact of COVID-19 and the shock of commodity prices. Peru, we argue, is a case in which the strongest impact comes from the pandemic. Peru was the first country in Latin America to react and implement sanitary and economic measures against the coronavirus. […]
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COVID-19 and external shock. Economic impacts and policy options
Latin America is currently suffering from two independent but related shocks: the impact of COVID-19 and the shock of commodity prices. Peru, we argue, is a case in which the strongest impact comes from the pandemic. Peru was the first country in Latin America to react and implement sanitary and economic measures against the coronavirus. […]
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El agua, un anhelo permanente. La minería y sus efectos territoriales sobre el agua en la comunidad afrodescendiente de Patilla, La Guajira, Colombia
In this work, the author analyzes the different transformations that have occurred in Patilla’s relationship with water, from the arrival of mining and the subsequent resettlement process, in 2012. To this end, she analyzes how water It has been linked to the construction and configuration of the territory, both in Origin and in resettlement. In […]
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Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge, a 0.2 standard deviation improvement in attitudes, and a 55 percent increase in […]
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Minería y conflictos en torno al control ambiental. La experiencia de monitoreos hídricos en la Argentina, el Perú y Colombia
The water issue is one of the engines of the multiple environmental conflicts generated by the expansion of large-scale mining in Andean territories. In response to the water hoarding by companies, the obstacles for the available population of this resource and the contamination of the sources, claims are made regarding environmental control by the State. […]
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Colombia | Gobernanzas plurales del agua: Derechos al agua en contextos mineros en Perú y Colombia
En contextos de extracción minera a gran escala, la competencia por el acceso al agua produce desigualdades entre poblaciones locales, empresas y estados. Cada uno de estos actores promueve formas diversas de gobernanza vinculadas a distintas maneras de relacionarse con el territorio. Avanzar en el reconocimiento de la diversidad de gobernanzas y, por lo tanto, […]
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Perú | Gobernanzas plurales del agua: Derechos al agua en contextos mineros en Perú y Colombia
En contextos de extracción minera a gran escala, la competencia por el acceso al agua produce desigualdades entre poblaciones locales, empresas y estados. Cada uno de estos actores promueve formas diversas de gobernanza vinculadas a distintas maneras de relacionarse con el territorio. Avanzar en el reconocimiento de la diversidad de gobernanzas y, por lo tanto, […]
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Gobernanzas plurales del agua: formas diversas de concepción, relación, accesos, manejos y derechos del agua en contextos de gran minería en Colombia y el Perú
In Latin America, national water governance policies focus on a notion that ignores prior rights and alternative forms of water management. As a consequence, conflicts have arisen regarding conceptions and rights regarding water, as well as the management of infrastructures. From a comparative analysis between Colombia and Peru, this study finds a fragmented governance, absent or […]
