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Enhancing income opportunities for the rural poor: the benefits of rural roads
Key rural infrastructure investments can have a long lasting impact on the poor if they are able to open and sustain new market opportunities.
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Schooling in Peru
It is in this sense that the history of education in Peru can be said to have been dominated by contradictory dynamics. On one hand, increasing educational expansion, especially during the second half of the twentieth century, has been associated with an extension of social opportunities. On the other hand, the education system, since its […]
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Economic opportunities for indigenous peoples in rural and urban Peru
This paper examines the factors that determine the income-generating activities of indigenous households in Peru and assesses how social networks affect these economic decisions.