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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2002
    Caribbean, Central America, South America, Peru

    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.

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    March, 2001
    Peru, Central America, Caribbean, South America

    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.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Peru

    Preliminary results of a field study in Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon, to determine the establishment of six native forest tree species of economic value on degraded areas abandoned after intensive past agricultural use are reported. Study sites were on slash-and-burn farms partially covered with abandoned agricultural areas on Ultisols dominated by invading vegetation mainly composed of Imperata brasiliensis, Rottboellia cochinchinensis and Baccharis floribunda.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Honduras, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, Jamaica, Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua, Belize, Uruguay, Ecuador, Argentina, Bahamas, Paraguay, Barbados, Brazil

    Meeting symbol/code: LACFC 2000 4

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2002
    Nepal, India, Peru, 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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