This is a comparative study of the price of telephone services in Peru and several other countries most of them with similar characteristics. We conclude that the price of that service in Peru is one of among the highest.

This paper presents in the first place, Kemps contribution to the understanding of the effects of the presence of IRS on the H-O theory of trade. Then, following W. Ethier we present a view about the development of trade theory incorporating IRS. Later on we present the “integrated economy”...

An evaluation of the social development of Peru at year 2000 shows that there have been improvements in several areas, such as the coverage of basic health services, but that little has been accomplished in poverty reduction and the quality of education remains poor. Economic policies haven't...

The shaping of a center-periphery system depends on several various economic and geographical factors that interact on a given space. Besides, the degree of openness of a country’s economy conditions the productive character of its regions. This essay explores the differential effects of...

This paper is a balance of the Peruvian economic policies, taken by government in the last decade. We focus on determining, based on the available literature, whether or not this polices have improved the economic well-being of poor people. Furthermore, this balance allows us to give the agenda...

The objective of this paper is to show the most important aspects of the Peruvian Health System Reform, discussing its advantages and disadvantages in comparison to the Chilean Health Reform, the earliest in the region. The discussion focuses on some aspects such as equity of the system,...