The hypothesis of the paper is that the macroeconomic policies implemented in Peru during the recessions of 1998-2000 and 2008-2009 were substantially different. This explains why economic performance in the second was much better than in the first. In monetary policy, both the exchange rate of...

This paper analyzes the experience with the state financial entities in Peru and argues that their development banking activities have decreased in importance as instruments of public policy since the structural reforms implemented in the early 1990s. Like all other state enterprises, they have...