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2008 report
The neoliberal economic programme: cluster bomb against human rights
Héctor Béjar
Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Participación (CEDEP)

Since its implementation in 1990, the neoliberal programme has produced a chain of systematic violations of the rights to life, to decent employment, to a healthy environment and especially to the rights of women. The right of workers to enjoy job stability is considered by the powerful to be an unacceptable privilege, while strikes and protests are turned into crimes against investments. Crime proliferates along with poverty and the despair of the majority

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Progress and setbacks by key indicators see references
Significant progress  Undernourishment Slight progress  Population with access to sanitation
Slight progress  Under-5 children malnutrition Slight progress  Population with access to improved water sources
Stagnant  Literacy Stagnant  Malaria
Slight regression  Primary school enrolment rate Significant progress  Tuberculosis
Slight progress  Children reaching 5th grade Stagnant  People living with HIV/AIDS
Slight progress  Secondary school enrolment rate Significant progress  Infant mortality
Stagnant  Tertiary school enrolment rate Significant progress  Under-5 mortality
Slight progress  Internet users Significant progress  Women aged 15-49 attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel
Slight progress  Personal computers Slight regression  Births attended by skilled health personnel
Slight progress  Telephone mainlines Slight regression  Contraceptive use among currently in-union women aged 15-49
Slight regression  Scientists and engineers in research and development Significant regression  Literacy ratio gap
Significant regression  Information and communication technology expenditure Stagnant  Net primary enrolment ratio gap
Stagnant  Research and development expenditure Stagnant  Net secondary enrolment ratio gap
Slight regression  Public health expenditure Significant progress  Activity rate gap
Stagnant  Public education expenditure Stagnant  Women in decision-making positions in government at ministerial level
Slight regression  Total debt service Significant progress  Seats in parliament held by women
Stagnant  Military expenditure  

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Signatures and ratifications by Peru
Human Rights International Treaties Total 9 ; signed 9 ; ratified 9 .
Treaties mentioned in the Millennium Declaration Total 10 ; signed 8 ; ratified 8 .
28221000 Population
1285220 SQ KM
Capital: Lima
Currency: New sol
Language: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara
BASIC CAPABILITIES INDEX   see references
86.3
GENDER EQUITY INDEX   see references
69
THE PRESENT SITUATION   see references
Food security   Countries in better situation
Education   Countries above average
Information, science and technology   Countries below average
Public expenditure   Countries in worse situation
Environment   Countries below average
Health   Countries in better situation
Women’s reproductive health   Countries above average
Gender and education   Countries in better situation
Gender gap in economic activity and earned income   Countries above average
Women’s empowerment   Countries above average
PROGRESS AND REGRESSION IN FOCUS   see references
Food security   Significant progress
Education   Stagnant
Information, science and technology   Stagnant
Public expenditure   Slight regression
Environment   Slight progress
Health   Significant progress
Women’s reproductive health   Stagnant
Gender and education   Slight regression
Gender gap in economic activity and earned income   Significant progress
Women’s empowerment   Slight progress
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