TY - BOOK AU - Wu, Kin Bing, ED - World Bank. TI - Peruvian education at a crossroads: challenges and opportunities for the 21st century SN - 0821349619 AV - LA596 .W82 2001 U1 - 370.985 PY - 2001/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Education KW - Peruvian education KW - Peru N1 - Prepared by Kin Bing Wu, team leader, with contributions from Juan Pablo Silva and others; Includes bibliographical references N2 - The Government of Peru (GOP) has made poverty alleviation one of the cornerstones of its policy. In order to guide its own work in helping the GOP deal with persistent poverty, to deepen its dialogue with government, and to inform public discourse, the Bank initiated a coordinated set of studies bearing on poverty reduction. The studies covered four topics: poverty itself, health, indigenous peoples, and education. This report conveys the findings of the education study ER -