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 Peruvian economic growth of 1993-1995 and 1997 and the current recession allow us to see that the main limits of the neoliberal model to sustain growth in the long run are: a) the pattern of capital accumulation and the productive structure which was constructed in the last nine years; b)...

This paper develops an overview about the complex group of international simultaneous negotiations of Peru. The paper looks for a first group view vision of them. The Peruvian participation in these agreements is different in terms of compromises, because of its position in each scheme of...

This document is a guide book for the study and understanding of the balance of payments, a tool of economic analysis and policy of the external sector of every economy. Consequently, it is a first necessity to familiarize oneself with the basic concepts, methodology, theories, and the...

The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate empirically the economic relation between Lima and some departments of the country by estimating the effect of shocks affecting Lima's growth over the rates of growth of the remaining departments. We do not pretend to describe the mechanisms of...

This paper discusses about the relations between The Andean Community and the European Union, in the context of the conformation of South America Free Trade Area. Economic relations are well-differenced between the European Union and two South American blocks: Andean Community and MERCOSUR. The...

This teaching material concentrates on the influence of transportation costs, size of markets and productivity differences in the competitiveness of producers located in different places. It is a simple presentation of the approach taken by Krugman, by Button and by Richardson in their...

Previous introduction to the preceding events and evolution of the international crisis, from 1997 to 1999, and to the comparative analysis of stock markets’ volatility and exchange devaluations that went on along with it. This working document tries to approximately evaluate the recent...

The fastest massive increase in poverty in Latin American modern history is commonly attributed to the debt crisis. The 80s of this ending century have been called “the lost decade”. The Jubilee 2000 campaign presses for placing a strong moral exigency on the creditors and must lay a solid...

The objective of the present study is to analyze three aspects of the privatization of the so called utilities. First, from a positive perspective, we model the privatization decision by a rational government that maximizes a political agenda. Second, from an institutional perspective, we...