Professor of Economics

Julio Aguirre

Peru

Dr. Julio Aguirre is a professor of economics at Universidad del Pacífico in Lima and vice dean of its Politics, Philosophy and Economics degree, which started in 2024. He works on how infrastructure and utilities are regulated. One recent paper looks at the link between deforestation and malaria in the Peruvian Amazon.

Articles by Dr. Aguirre

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Good Rules, Weak Enforcement

A Peruvian economist describes how deforestation spreads malaria and privatisation got Peru flying, and adds that good policies fail without enforcement.

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