In Peru, there are papers that study the dynamics of poverty; nevertheless, these documents do not make differences between levels of severity: extreme poverty and non-extreme poverty. In this sense, the main objective of ...

Due to the high volatility and integration of emergent markets, the financial institutions have been obligated to make a more exact estimation of the potential losses in which they can incur as a consequence of negative ...

In spite of the fact that annual social investment in Peru has risen to an average of US$ 1.000 million, the limited efficacy of social programs in Peru generates an annual cost of approximately US$ 90 million plus the ...

This paper analyzes the relationship between fiscal policy and social expenditure coverage during the different phases of the economic cycle, and sheds some light on the determinants of household vulnerability in Peru. ...

This article presents some of the results obtained from the analysis performed to the health sector budget. The study focused the analysis in the city of Lima. The methodology not only looks for a discussion of resource ...

The purpose of this paper is to find the most effective determinants in reducing child and neonatal mortality, so that policymakers may use policy variables to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4: the reduction of ...

This study examines the existence of the paradigm of the human being as an egoistic individual, within the empirical plane. The possibility of variation of the degree of altruism in people’s behavior is explored according ...

This paper assesses the feasibility of Peru achieving the first MDG with respect to the eradication of hunger: specifically, halving the deficit of calorie intake by the population of Peru. To evaluate this possibility, a ...

The creation of a Ministry of the Environment and the actions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals show the importance that the environmental issue has in the national agenda. In particular, a way in which the local ...