Poverty and social developments in Peru, 1994-1997

The report evaluates social progress in Peru between 1994-1997, and indicates that, in spite of social welfare improvements during this period, significant inequalities in economic growth, and government programs exist. Furthermore, the distribution of major public investments is reviewed, revealing...

• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1999
• Series: A World Bank country study
• Subjects: 1994-1997; CONDICIONES SOCIALES; DESARROLLO SOCIAL; POBREZA; PERU; PROGRESO SOCIAL

Table of Contents:

• Basic indicators
• Currency equivalents, government fiscal year, and acronyms and abbreviations
• Abstract
• Acknowledgments
• Pobreza y desarrollo social, 1994-1997: resumen del informe
• 1. Overview
• 2. Poverty rates as policy goals?
• 3. Poverty, inequality, and social developments, 1994-1997
• 4. Poverty - changing faces?
• 5. Growth and employment
• 6. Social expenditures - what and for whom?
• 7. Institutions - from individual sector strategies to a consistent and broad-based anti-poverty focus
• References
• Annex 1: Panel study of households
• Annex 2: Methodology.