CIES' fundamental activity is to develop and conduct research on the most important problems and critical issues of Peru's economy and society, and to evaluate policies, programs, or projects aiming at overcoming such barriers to development. Priority topics are:

• Education
• Health
• Descentralization
• The enviroment and natural resources
  
• Regulation
• Macroeconomic policy and growth
  
• International economy
  
• Other sectors

The current section includes all pieces of research that have not been published as books of Magazine articles. What you will find here are Acrobat PDF® documents ready to read or download. All research published in book or magazine format can be found in the Publications section
Each of the links in this page will take you to a list of the research pieces in the chosen area. By default the list orders the items from newer to older, but you can order them by date, reserarch institution, research name or researcher name, by clicking on the headers of the table.

Additionaly you will find in this section, the 2005 ACDI-IDRC Research Program  documents. Once these research projects are completed they will be linked to in te regular sections or the Publications area.