Presentación realizada por Javier Escobal de GRADE en la 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists realizada en Beijing, China, entre el 16 y 22 de agosto de 2009.

1. Spatial Patterns of Growth and Poverty Changes in Peru (1993-2005) Javier Escobal Carmen Ponce

5. Main Findings: Poverty 1993 - 2005 1993 2005 Poverty Rates Poverty Rates

6. Cambios Provinciales Pobreza Spatial Correlation Patterns are evident Poverty Rate Changes 1993-2005

7. District Characteristics according to Poverty Dynamics Patterns

9. Poverty has a Spatial Dimension Note: All statistics are significant at 1% 0.8675 Altitude 0.3385 0.4631 0.4995 Access to drinkable water 0.3409 0.5658 0.5964 Access to electricity 0.5144 0.6484 0.6585 Head of HH Education (more than secondary) 0.4222 0.2167 0.3663 Gini 0.5719 0.7094 0.5327 Poverty 0.4667 0.7338 0.6095 Per-capita Expenditure Change 1993-2005 2005 1993 Spatial Correlation (Moran Statistics for Selected Variable)

10. Regional Gaps can not be fully explained taking into account assets and geography

11. Spatial pattern is persistent even after controlling for private, public assets and geography

13. When one acknowledges that rate of return to asset are location specific … Marginal Impact of Electricity over Per-Capita Expenditure Growth Marginal Impact of reduction in time to markets over Per-Capita Expenditure Growth

16. To explore the role of Institutions we are doing in-depth analysis in 2 Territories Groups