El estudio analiza los cambios en la vida social durante la pandemia y en la inicial pospandemia, en una población de alta informalidad en Lima, en la zona textil de Gamarra, que involucra a 89.123 personas. Es una investigación cualitativa, basada en 62 entrevistas semiestructuradas a confeccionistas, comerciantes de tienda y vendedores/as ambulantes. El estudio identifica dos momentos: a) las experiencias de recepción del shock por la pandemia de covid-19, y b) las experiencias de reprocesamiento del trabajo y la vida cotidiana y las salidas encontradas por la población. Se concluye que el futuro podría tener elementos adquiridos de la vida cotidiana con el covid-19, hacia una sociedad más preventiva ante los riesgos emergentes, en particular, conductas más higienistas y consideradas con la salud, más cercanas a la familia, con un uso mayor de la digitalización y trabajo híbrido, con más capital social.

In Andean communities, many families whose livelihoods depend on farming and raising livestock are exposed to increasing degradation of their ecosystem and to food insecurity. The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which families use migration strategies, based on multi residence and migratory circulation, to diversity their sources of income and mitigate the consequences of ecological degradation on their living conditions. The results are part of a socio-demographic research conducted in 2015 and 2016, which focused on domestic strategies for addressing environmental problems in a sample of 203 families living in five high Andean communities around Lake Titicaca. Most of families have migrant members and young adults between ages 20 and 35 represent the largest number of them. Nevertheless, their departure does not constitute an explicit form of adaptation to the ecological degradation. The quest for better conditions and opportunities in urban territories as well as interests related to their life stage and cycle, are the main determinants of their migration decisions. Despite the ecological problems affecting families, the desire for personal autonomy of the migrants is the main impetus for migration and there is no family organization based on multi residence and circular migration as an explicit livelihood for adaptation to environmental deterioration in rural areas.

This article explores the reasons why low-income students, who are supported by a public scholarship program called “Beca 18”, reject this support or leave their studies during the first year of studies. Results are based on two methods: a quantitative model that compares personal and family characteristics among deserters and non-deserters, and a qualitative approach based on in-depth interviews with deserters in order to inquire about the reasons for not accepting the scholarship or early withdrawal. This article prioritizes the qualitative approach because the quantitative does not show significant differences between the two groups. The evidence indicates that the main reasons that explain the early drop-out or non-acceptance of Beca 18 are the affective factors and the lack of social integration into the new environment.

En este artículo argumentamos que este tipo de agricultura para el caso del Valle del río Apurímac y Ene (VRAE), localizado en la región sur de selva alta peruana, seguía en funcionamiento durante los años del 2001 y 2004. En ese período han ocurrido cambios en esta modalidad de uso del suelo, pero éstos han sido realmente menores. Para ilustrar estos cambios, aprovechamos un estudio realizado hace 14 años utilizándolo como testimonio histórico. En este trabajo describimos las estrategias productivas de los colonos y su impacto en la deforestación. Nuestro argumento central es que la combinación de estrategias productivas de sobrevivencia de los colonos, algunas basadas en un uso intensivo del suelo, acompañado de cambio tecnológico y otras que recurren a formas de uso muy extensivo del suelo, tienen como objetivo central reducir el riesgo en un contexto donde el cultivo de la coca está rodeado de incertidumbres muy grandes. Tanto en un caso como en otro, las externalidades e impactos ambientales sobre los bosques son significativas.

El artículo presenta las tendencias y características de la dinámica poblacional peruana a 2050 usando las últimas proyecciones del INEI y estimados del autor. Se abordan los temas de crecimiento, cambios en las tasas vitales, en la estructura por edades, el bono demográfico, el envejecimiento, la migración y la distribución en el territorio. Se ofrecen algunas reflexiones sobre la implicancia de esta dinámica para las políticas públicas.

This paper presents the trends and characteristics of the Peruvian population up to 2050 based both on official statistics and author's estimates. Issues discussed include growth, changes in vital rates, age structure, the demographic bonus, ageing, migration and distribution. Policy implications of these demographic trends are also discussed.

This paper presents the changes in both family planning policies and programs in Peru since the 1960's and how these have influenced fertility decline, contraceptive mix and access to contraceptive methods. An effort is made to relate statistical information with the description of political and institutional processes of family planning programs. Policy matters, is the main conclusion as it affects specially more vulnerable women in their ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights.

En el presente trabajo se discuten los cambios en la política y en los programas de planificación familiar en el Perú desde la década de 1960 y el modo en que ellos afectan el descenso de la fecundidad, la mezcla anticonceptiva y el acceso a los anticonceptivos. Se trata de vincular la información estadística con la descripción de los procesos políticos e institucionales de estos programas. Se concluye que la política importa y que afecta, sobre todo, a las mujeres más vulnerables en el ejercicio de sus derechos sexuales y reproductivos.

This paper discusses the linkages between population change, land use, and deforestation in the Amazon regions of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and Venezuela. We begin with a brief discussion of theories of population–environment linkages, and then focus on the case of deforestation in the PanAmazon. The core of the paper reviews available data on deforestation, population growth, migration and land use in order to see how well land cover change reflects demographic and agricultural change. The data indicate that population dynamics and net migration exhibit to deforestation in some states of the basin but not others. We then discuss other explanatory factors for deforestation, and find a close correspondence between land use and deforestation, which suggests that land use is loosely tied to demographic dynamics and mediates the influence of population on deforestation. We also consider national political economic contexts of Amazon change in the six countries, and find contrasting contexts, which also helps to explain the limited demographic-deforestation correspondence. The paper closes by noting general conclusions based on the data, topics in need of further research and recent policy proposals.