Presentación
(Spanish version)
The 93rd edition of the Economía & Sociedad Research magazine summarizes the XXVIII Annual CIES Research Seminar, entitled “Peru towards an agency for sustainable growth, productivity and empowerment of women”, held from November 22nd to 24th, 2017 in Lima.
The event was divided into three blocks: (i) productivity and growth, (ii) sustainable growth and (iii) empowerment of women and rural development. Under this thematic umbrella, lectures were offered, 18 researches were presented, and a dialogue was achieved between academic stakeholders, the State, international cooperation, civil society and the private sector, very important to contribute to the design of policies in the country.
During the seminar, the results of 18 researches grouped in the following eight thematic tables were presented and discussed:
- How to measure the productivity of the Peruvian economy?
- Financial inclusion
- Business activity and social responsibility
- Situation of women researchers in the social sciences in Peru
- Women in science
- Social programs and gender
- Violence towards women: determinants and effects
- Agriculture, associativity and gender
CIES expresses its gratitude to the institutions that made possible the development of this seminar, which was attended by more than 1200 people from Lima and regions of the country. It also thanks Grade, Grupo Sofía, Macroconsult, PUCP, Universidad del Pacífico and Universidad de Lima for their contribution to co-organizing the thematic tables. The Consortium also thanks the sponsors of the XXVIII Annual Research Seminar 2017, whose logos are on the back cover of this magazine, for their commitment to building new knowledge for better policies.
CIES Executive Office
Lima, March 2018