The Peer Review assessment by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, was a valuable effort to submit the Ecuadorian competition regime to a multilateral peer review. The evaluation revealed opportunities for improvement which constitute relevant challenges to develop the Ecuadorian competition law and policy.We will analyze some of the main findings. We will begin with an explanation of the constitutional basis of the Ecuadorian competition regime. Then, we will review the Report regarding the institutional bodies. We will present a state-of-the-art of enforcement function and judicial review. Subsequently, we will analyze the main comments regarding merger control. Finally, we state conclusions.

Background: Most analyses of gaps in human resources for health (HRH) do not consider training and the transition of graduates into the labour market. This study aims to explore the labour market for Peru’s recent medical, nursing, and midwifery graduates as well as their transition into employment in the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) system. Methods: Data from four different datasets, covering 2007–2013, was used to characterize the patterns of recently trained physicians, nurses, midwives, and postgraduate-trained physicians that enter employment in the MOH system, and scenario analyses were used to describe how this rate of entry needs to adapt in order to fill current HRH shortages. Results: HRH graduates have been increasing from 2007 to 2011, but the proportions that enter employment in the MOH system 2 years later range from 8 to 45% and less than 10% of newly trained medical s...

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo principal elaborar una propuesta de diseño de una PMO que brinde soporte a la Gestión de Proyectos en el área de TI de la empresa AGROPECUARIA DEL PERÚ S.A., con la finalidad de poder atender la creciente demanda de servicios de gestión de proyectos y mejorar el desempeño de los proyectos, dotando así a la organización de procesos estandarizados siguiendo buenas prácticas de gestión de proyectos. Toma como referencia la metodología PMO Value Ring, la cual brinda un conjunto de beneficios, procesos e indicadores, en base a los cuales se elabora la propuesta de diseño de la PMO. PMO Value Ring permite adaptarse a diferentes modelos de negocio, partiendo de la premisa que no existe un modelo de PMO ideal, sino más bien uno personalizado para cada organización y que debe estar alineada con las expectativas de los interesados. Para lograr ...

Objectives. To describe the availability and demand of professional training programs for eight health science professions in Peru. Study the profiles of the physicians, nurses and midwives that these programs train and their competencies to work at the primary health care level. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional study using data on the volume of applicants, students and graduates of these eight professional training programs during the period 2007 - 2011. In addition, the curricula of professional training programs for physicians, nurses and midwives from public and private universities were analyzed, along with competency profiles developed by Professional Colleges and the Ministry of Health. Results. Admission rates in public and private universities vary by program: 4% and 28% respectively for medical schools, and 18% and 90% for nursing. Graduation rates were estimated at appro...