During the last decade, the mining sector in Peru has been experiencing sustained growth. Using Census, administrative, nationally and regionally representative data we compare districts in the Peruvian Highlands with a recent mining history with suitable counterfactuals. We find that the new...

Research on internal migration has been traditionally based on a banal conception of space, without taking into account how regional representations, the social construction of space, affect the decision of migrating to another region. This work uses the methodologies of discussion group and...

This paper proposes a new approach in presenting the economic situation of a municipality by analyzing its local revenues. The quantity and evolution of local revenues are extremely important in public management because, in their absence, local governments cannot implement any policy,...

We are currently witnessing an unprecedented development of new technologies, that offers great opportunities for the modernization of the society, it changes radically the way governments, businesses and citizens have the opportunity to obtain goods and services, the way in which public...

Past literature on the Renewal Community, Empowerment Zone & Enterprise Community (RC/EZ/EC) programs focused on the application process and impact. Less is known about how participating local governments engaged immigration in the revitalization of these neighborhoods. This study analyzes...

Women empowerment in India, is of high importance especially when we look into the socio-economic history of the nation. Women empowerment needs to start from the grass root levels of democracy in our country, which includes the panchayats and block samitis. After the 73rd and 74th amendment...