Research Paper
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Predictors of school dropout across Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
In this paper the authors utilize the five rounds of Young Lives household surveys across four countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) to study the characteristics of children who had dropped out of school by 22 years of age. While most children in the longitudinal sample go to primary school, they tend to drop out […]
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Impactos de la epidemia del coronavirus en el trabajo de las mujeres en el Perú
The study aimed to analyze the potential effects of the crisis on the employment and labor income of women in Peru. To achieve this, the research team did a comparative analysis of the labor insertion of women in contrast to men, exploring their strengths and weaknesses in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The […]
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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 y shock externo. Impactos económicos y opciones de política en el Perú
América Latina sufre en este momento dos shocks, independientes, pero relacionados: el impacto del COVID-19 y el shock de precios de materias primas. El Perú, argumentamos, es un caso en el que el impacto más fuerte proviene de la epidemia. El Perú fue el primer caso de América Latina que reaccionó frente al coronavirus implementado […]
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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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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 […]
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Transmisión intergeneracional de la educación. Los efectos directos e indirectos de la educación materna en el desarrollo infantil en una región de la selva peruana
The fact that more educational opportunities have been opened in developing countries has led to a reduction in gender-related educational disparities. Increased levels of schooling for women have potentially important social consequences for boys and girls, in terms of health and well-being. This study explores both the direct and indirect effects of maternal education on […]
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Minería, escasez hídrica y la ausencia de una planificación colaborativa
Water scarcity and inequitable access to water in cities close to large mining projects is, nowadays, an urgent issue that leads to recurring conflicts in the Andean region. Based on the comparison between two case studies in the Andes —one in Peru and the other in Argentina—, this article shows how current mining policy reproduces […]
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El desgobierno del mercado educativo y la intensificación de la segregación escolar socioeconómica en el Perú
Perú is the country in Latin America with the biggest gap in the educational achievements of students from rich and poor families. At the same time it is a radical example of the global trend towards the development of educational markets. On the sidelines of the liberalization of private educational investment, the free choice of schools has […]
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Venciendo la adversidad: trayectorias educativas de estudiantes pobres en zonas rurales del Perú
The Peruvian education system is characterized by high levels of access, low levels of learning and high inequality. There are several reasons why some students access a high level of education and learning, while others do not. In general, it can be affirmed that there is a connection between socioeconomic characteristics and student performance, and […]
