Productivity to Reduce Poverty: Study of a Micro-Level Institution in Peru

摘要: A Peruvian community-based organization, a comedor popular (communal kitchen), is studied in this article to show how, as micro-level institution, it fosters productivity order reduce poverty. The concepts of institutions, and poverty are reviewed establish framework analysis, where institutions linked This applied the author visited 2001 2003. Through diversity intensity comedor’s activities practices instills women working there, leads key reductions. analysis illustrates how material well-being, psychological access infrastructure capacity manage assets (the four dimensions poverty) benefit from various improvements. findings paper call for better mix reduction strategies, macro micro used fight multidimensional problem