Crecimiento económico e inclusión social: la experiencia peruana reciente y el nuevo gobierno constitucional (Coyuntura)

El Perú está en un buen camino de crecimiento y de inclusión social; en la experiencia peruana se está demostrando que ambos objetivos pueden marchar complementaria y convergentemente. En las próximas décadas los esfuerzos deberán orientarse a las reformas de segunda y de tercera generación y al incremento de la eficiencia y competitividad.

Why language matters: insights and challenges in applying a social determination of health approach in a North-South collaborative research program

Focus on “social determinants of health” provides a welcome alternative to the bio-medical illness paradigm. However, the tendency to concentrate on the influence of “risk factors” related to living and working conditions of individuals, rather than to more broadly examine dynamics of the social processes that affect population health, has triggered critical reaction not only from the Global North but especially from voices the Global South where there is a long history of addressing questions of health equity. In this article, we elaborate on how focusing instead on the language of “social determination of health” has prompted us to attempt to apply a more equity-sensitive approaches to research and related policy and praxis.