TY - JOUR
T1 - The Persistence of Horizontal Inequalities and the Role of Policy
T2 - The Case of Peru
AU - Paredes, Maritza
AU - Thorp, Rosemary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, © 2014 Oxford Department of International Development.
PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - The paper studies a case of deeply embedded group or “horizontal” inequalities, and asks why part of the reason for this persistence of inequality appears to be that even well-intentioned policies that attempt to improve the position of the most disadvantaged often fail to achieve their goals. The paper investigates the role of the institutions underpinning the implementation of policy and the responses of the different actors, and explores how these often produce perverse results. The case studied is Peru and the paper explores two instances of social policy and one of land reform. The paper explores the relationships between policy failure and group inequality. The paper concludes that if policy failures left group inequalities even more deeply embedded, while the embedding increased the likelihood of further failure, this would be a significant vicious circle of underdevelopment.
AB - The paper studies a case of deeply embedded group or “horizontal” inequalities, and asks why part of the reason for this persistence of inequality appears to be that even well-intentioned policies that attempt to improve the position of the most disadvantaged often fail to achieve their goals. The paper investigates the role of the institutions underpinning the implementation of policy and the responses of the different actors, and explores how these often produce perverse results. The case studied is Peru and the paper explores two instances of social policy and one of land reform. The paper explores the relationships between policy failure and group inequality. The paper concludes that if policy failures left group inequalities even more deeply embedded, while the embedding increased the likelihood of further failure, this would be a significant vicious circle of underdevelopment.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84912528180&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13600818.2014.975787
DO - 10.1080/13600818.2014.975787
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84912528180
SN - 1360-0818
VL - 43
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - Oxford Development Studies
JF - Oxford Development Studies
IS - 1
ER -