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In recent years, successive Peruvian governments have given importance to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). But the necessary conditions to reach the related targets still need to be put it place. Those conditions would include high and sustained economic growth, significant income redistribution, and better targeted social policies.
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Castro, J.F., Yamada, G. (2010). Peru. In: Sánchez, M.V., Vos, R., Ganuza, E., Lofgren, H., Díaz-Bonilla, C. (eds) Public Policies for Human Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230277571_12
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