Con la liberación económica de  inicios de los noventa, y con el fin de la violencia de Sendero Luminoso, en  1992 la economía peruana empieza un  periodo de  recuperación rápida que dura hasta  1997.  Durante ese periodo  la  incidencia  de  la  pobreza bajó de  55% a 51%.  Pero en ese momento la economía dejó de crecer, y no mostró signos  de  recuperación sino hasta el 2002. La frustración más importante de  los peruanos durante la última década ha sido el problema de encontrar un empleo que sea lo suficientemente productivo como para permitirles salir de la pobreza. Incluso durante el periodo de alto crecimiento que va de 1994 a 1997,  las condiciones de empleo se mantuvieron tan débiles que  los salarios reales bajaron. Una de  las mayores decepciones de  los noventa fue que la liberalización económica y el mayor crecimiento económico no a...

In  the  1990s,  with  economic  liberalization at  the beginning of  the decade,  and with the end of  the extreme violence of  Sendero Luminoso from  1992, the  Peruvian eco- nomy went  through a period of recovery and rapid growth up to  1997. In that period * This  study  was  prepared for the  Boston lnstitute of  Development  Economics and Deve- lopment Alternatives,  Inc.,  with financing from the  U.S.  Agency for  lnternational  Develo- pment  for their project on  Pro-poor economic  growth  (contract PCE-1-03-0015-00). the incidence of  poverty came down from 55 to 51 percent. But growth stopped again at that point, and did not show any signs of revival until 2002. The main frustration for  Peruvians in the last decade has been the problem of finding employment that  is sufficiently productive to enable them to get out of  poverty. Eve...

In  the  1990s,  with  economic  liberalization at  the beginning of  the decade,  and with the end of  the extreme violence of  Sendero Luminoso from  1992, the  Peruvian eco- nomy went  through a period of recovery and rapid growth up to  1997. In that period * This  study  was  prepared for the  Boston lnstitute of  Development  Economics and Deve- lopment Alternatives,  Inc.,  with financing from the  U.S.  Agency for  lnternational  Develo- pment  for their project on  Pro-poor economic  growth  (contract PCE-1-03-0015-00). the incidence of  poverty came down from 55 to 51 percent. But growth stopped again at that point, and did not show any signs of revival until 2002. The main frustration for  Peruvians in the last decade has been the problem of finding employment that  is sufficiently productive to enable them to get out of  poverty. Eve...