Peru

Briefing paper on trade policy and poverty in Peru is published

Submitted by peruadmin on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 01:09.
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The document by Waldo Mendoza (research coordinator for COPLA Peru) titled ‘Trade policy and poverty in Peru. How do free trade agreements (FTA) impact rural poverty?’ presents clearly the existent evidence that links international trade with growth and with poverty as the other side of the same story. The document published by CIES and available in the resources area of COPLA Peru in http://www.cop-la.net/en/node/357 analyses theories on the matter and then focuses on the implementation of the FTA signed with the United States.

Peruvian press highlights the work of COPLA

Submitted by peruadmin on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 18:23.
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The most important newspapers from Peru pointed out as a trade policy mistake the lowering of custom taxes to stop the rise in inflation registered in the country in the last months. This is especially relevant in the context of the free trade agreement (TLC for its acronym in Spanish) that Peru has recently signed with the United States.

Gender and Free Trade: Peruvian Alternative Trade Organizations and Women's Projects

Submitted by globaladmin on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 13:09.
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This paper reviews the issue of gender and trade within the global economy, and considers the general topic with specific concern for the case of alternative trade organizations (ATOs) set up to help

Author:
Henrici, J.

http://www.globaljusticecenter.org/papers2005/henrici_eng.htm