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The relationship between socioeconomic status at age one, opportunities to learn and achievement in mathematics in fourth grade in Peru
Using Young Lives longitudinal data from Peru, this paper explores the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) measured at the age of one, opportunities to learn (OTL) and achievement in mathematics ten years later. Four variables of OTL were measured: hours of class per year, curriculum coverage, quality of teachers’ feedback, and level of cognitive demand. […]
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The incidence of social spending and taxes in Peru
Standard tax and benefit incidence analysis is used to estimate the effects of fiscal policy on poverty and inequality in Peru. Results suggest that the extent of inequality and poverty reduction induced by Peru’s fiscal policy is small. This result is associated with low social spending rather than with inefficient spending. Most social spending components […]
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Places for place-based policy
Place-based policy is both ubiquitous and widely criticised. The conventional economic case against place-targeted interventions is strong, relegating its application to a narrow range of cases of immobile labour resources, market imperfections and/or other externalities. However, both internationally and domestically, equity considerations lead to policies and programmes for disadvantaged regions and their populations. Budget constraints […]
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Getting teachers back to the classroom: a systematic review on what works to improve teacher attendance in developing countries
This article reports on a systematic review of research on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at increasing teacher attendance in developing countries. After a comprehensive search process, nine studies met the inclusion criteria. Pooled effects sizes of included studies were estimated (with the exception of three studies that had unavailable information to calculate their effect […]
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Impacto económico de la desnutrición crónica, aguda y global en el Perú
Objectives. To estimate the economic impact of chronic, acute and global malnutrition in Peru. Materials and methods. This study, through an econometric model, estimated the economic impact of child malnutrition in two time horizons (incidental retrospective and prospective) during 2011, considering malnutrition-associated costs of health, education and productivity for the Peruvian economy. Information collected is […]
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PDAs in socio-economic surveys: instrument bias, surveyor bias or both?
It is very likely that electronic means of data collection will become a standard for socio-economic surveys in the near future. As surveys move from paper form to personal digital assistants (PDAs) or tablets, there is a need to evaluate if such a shift will affect the quality of the data. To explore the potential […]
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Evaluaciones estandarizadas del rendimiento escolar
El más reciente boletín del Consejo Nacional de Educación (CNE), CNE Opina nº 36, reflexiona sobre el objetivo de las evaluaciones estandarizadas y cómo se han implementado en el Perú.
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Los dilemas del Estado peruano en la implementación y aplicación de la Ley de Consulta Previa en los Andes peruanos
¿Por qué esta ley tiene dificultades para otorgar a la población andina derechos indígenas a la consulta previa? El presente artículo intenta responder a esta interrogante a partir de un recuento histórico de las formas de identidad andina y de un análisis del debate conceptual internacional sobre la “indigeneidad”
