Changes in rural poverty in Perú 2004–2012

Abstract This paper disaggregates the various sources of rural income growth in Peru between 2004 and 2012 and shows that about 80% of the increase came from rising earnings and only 15% from transfer programs. This increase in rural earnings was not led by agriculture. It was mainly because of a ge...

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Main Author: Samuel Morley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas 2017-01-01
Series:Latin American Economic Review
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40503-016-0038-x