After an impressive 12 point reduction in Peruvian monetary poverty, questions have been raised about the extent in which these figures mask deprivation in several other aspects critical for human development. We propose using the Alkire-Foster multidimensional headcount to address this issue,...

This paper analyses the Peruvian Food Assistance Programme (PRONAA) policy process using the RAPID framework to understand why and how certain groups in the public and private sector were able to capture a successful grassroots initiative to achieve their own political and economic goals, while...

Is the extreme poverty line a good measure of food insecurity and nutritional status? It is said that an individual who is above the extreme poverty line has enough resources to achieve a basic food basket. In Peru, extreme poverty has increased 7.5% between 1998 and 2002; however, daily calorie...

"We propose a model that accounts for the potential feedback between schooling performance, human capital accumulation and long run GDP growth, and links these results with poverty incidence. Our simulation exercise takes into account targets for education indicators and GDP growth itself (as...

"This paper analyzes trends in poverty, income inequality and social policies in Peru in the last twenty years. Our objective is to explain what lies behind the generalized perception and complain by Peruvians that welfare and living standards have not got any better in at least two generations....

We propose a model that accounts for the potential feedback between schooling performance, human capital accumulation and long run GDP growth, and links these results with poverty incidence. Our simulation exercise takes into account targets for education indicators and GDP growth itself (as...

We propose a model that accounts for the potential feedback between schooling performance, human capital accumulation and long run GDP growth, and links these results with poverty incidence. Our simulation exercise takes into account targets for education indicators and GDP growth itself (as...