This paper examines the current prospects of small-scale manufacturing firms in Peru. The author argues that their viability depends, among other factors, on their access to various services such as specialized information on markets and technology, technical training and assistance,...

The paper analyzes empirically the process of price dollarization in Peru since 1980. This process is defmed like indexation by the exchange rate. A review of the bibliographic material relative to dollarization is previously done. Wealth dollarization is preliminary studied too. The results...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the behavior in the labor market of the family from Lima Metropolitana, in a context of crisis and labor reform. Using the theory of family labor supply, participation in the labor force of women and men is analyzed in base of individual and family variables....

This paper analyze the peruvian economy evolution since 1970 to 1993, testing the mainly growth constraint, using different alternatives of estimation with a “three gap” model. The results show that they have not been, the fiscal gap neither the saving gap, that have limitated the growth....

Unlike what happenned in most Latin American economies after the Mexican crisis, the Peruvian trade deficit kept on growing during 1995, in spite of the application of restrictive fiscal and monetary policies. In this paper, a model with free capital mobility, flexible exchange rates and a...