Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52884 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2003/73
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
In Peru, a country with an astonishing variety of different ecological areas, with 84 different climate zones and landscapes, with rainforests, high mountain ranges and dry deserts, the geographical context may not be all that matters, but it could be very significant in explaining regional variations in income and poverty. The major question this paper tries to answer is: what role do geographic variables, both natural and manmade, play in explaining per capita expenditure differentials across regions within Peru? How have these influences changed over time, through what channels have they been transmitted, and has access to private and public assets compensated for the effects of an adverse geography?
Subjects: 
regional economics
spatial distribution
welfare
poverty
Peru
JEL: 
D91
R11
Q12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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