Delivering on commitments

Peru

Capital Lima

Population 29.5 million

Life Expectancy 70.74

Access to clean water 84%

Adult Literacy 92.9%

Under five mortality 28.6 per 1,000 live births

GDP per head (US$ PPP) $8,500

The value of words

The MDG-F leverages the potential of oral tradition to heal wounds, share knowledge and improve health in four of Peru’s poorest regions.

Our Joint Programmes

Improving Nutrition and Food Security for the Peruvian Child: a Capacity Building Approach

Indigenous children of Peru's High Andes and Amazon regions are among the most malnourished in the world: up to half of them suffer from chronic malnutrition and many are anemic and Vitamin A deficient. This Joint Programme is supporting the Peruvian government's effort to improve food security and nutrition in four of the country's poorest regions by accelerating implementation of the National Strategy “CRECER.”

Integrated and adaptive management of environmental resources and climatic risks in High Andean micro-watersheds

This Joint Programme's aim was to develop and reinforce the abilities of Peru's local and regional governments, communal authorities and the general population to improve local management of environmental resources and the provision of services in High Andean rural areas. It took a participatory, informed and decentralized perspective that incorporated environmental and climate change issues into public policy decisions at the local and regional government levels.

Inclusive creative industries: an innovative tool for alleviating poverty in Peru

This Joint Programme is working to alleviate poverty in four of Peru's most disadvantaged regions by developing inclusive creative industries in tourism, handicrafts, organic agriculture and gastronomy.

Peru: Promotion of employment and MSEs for Youth and Management of Juvenile Labor Migration

This Joint Programme sought to promote employment and microenterprise for Peruvian youth, and to manage their migration, through more and better job opportunities to secure decent work.