What is the condition of women in Peru? This gender profile by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) offers a statistical overview of the condition of urban and rural women with respect to unemployment, status in the workplace, life expectancy and working and living conditions. Poverty is an ongoing concern and half the population continues to subsist below the poverty line. Rural women suffer the most with lower rates of literacy and fewer employment opportunities than urban women and men in general.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjanvier, 2002Caraïbes, Amérique centrale, Amérique du Sud, Pérou
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresmars, 2001Pérou, Amérique centrale, Caraïbes, Amérique du Sud
Peru's fifth submission to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) outlines the status of women in Peru. The government has faced difficulties changing attitudes that discriminate against women. However, mandatory changes in Peru's education system, including the introduction of the National Sex Education Programme, are highlighted as positive steps.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2001Colombie, Amérique centrale, Amérique du Sud
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresoctobre, 2001Mexique
Water and watersheds are difficult to separate for management purposes.Providing irrigation as a supplement to rainfall for crop production requires considerablecollective action at the watershed level to mobilize labor and other resources, as well asto make decisions and implement the distribution of benefits. Small- scale waterharvesting irrigation systems in Mexico have endured for centuries.
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economics, indicators and environmental externalities in a Costa Rican watershed
Documents de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2001Amérique centrale, Amérique septentrionale, Costa RicaThe worsening degradation of natural resources urgently requires the adoption of more sustainable management practices. This need has led to growing interest and investment in monitoring systems for tracking the condition of natural resources. This study is concerned with the design of monitoring systems that have direct relevance for the management of natural resources. We call these Policy Relevant Monitoring Systems (PRMS). Such systems have several key characteristics.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjanvier, 2002Népal, Inde, Pérou, Zimbabwe
Child labor is widespread in developing countries, but its causes are debatable. Poverty is considered the primary reason, but many theoretical and empirical analyses show that other factors, such as lack of access to credit, poor school quality, and labor market opportunities play equal or even greater roles in the decision to have children work. This study surveys the existing literature and, taking into account urban-rural divides, aims to shed light on the debate with empirical evidence from Nepal, Peru, and Zimbabwe.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjanvier, 2001Honduras
Barbier and Bergeron explore several hypotheses about the dynamics of natural resource management in the hillsides of La Lima and further explore the causes and consequences of the transition to vegetable production. To fully integrate agroecological factors, such as forest,
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