This book identifies the achievements and challenges of social policy in Peru. Its objective is to provide the new presidential administration of Peru with a diagnostic of the main problems that need to be overcome to improve education, health care, and anti-poverty programs, and with...

A state's decision whether to expand Medicaid has become a highly politicized issue, spawning countless news stories and on-going debate. However, this Essay takes a step back from that highly charged discourse and situates Medicaid expansion in its historical context. We reveal that this latest...

Este documento aplica el marco analítico de La matriz de la desigualdad social en América Latina (CEPAL, 2016) al caso concreto de Panamá. El objetivo es profundizar el análisis de la desigualdad en el país bajo el entendido que la desigualdad social está estructurada a partir de...

section 1. Elementary education: initiatives -- section 2. Health related MDGs : assessment -- section 3. Food security : perspectives -- section 4. Poverty and employment : approach -- section 5. Women empowerment : challenges -- section 6. Sustainable development : outlook. - Papers presented...