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...

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...

Malaria is one of the more important public health problems in Peru and the world. Besides the human costs, that are the most important, malaria has an economic impact. This paper estimates the cost that malaria has for the peruvian society in 119.5 million of Soles in 1998, equal to 1.5 per...

The targeting of public health expenditures in Peru is analyzed in a double way. In the first part, an analysis of the actual distribution of public health expenditures, between social strata and between regions, shows that it this expenditures are distributed inequitably. Users' fees do not...

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...