ABSTRACT
Agrarian reform was as well as in the earlier literature considered as a necessary condition for an equity-cum-growth strategy. The Peruvian attempts to transfer its economic system through agrarian reform were consonant with the ideas generated in the international discussions on the necessary conditions for an equity-cum-growth development. In designing a Peruvian development strategy there is always an important spatial dimension to consider. The urban bias in development is one outstanding characteristic of post-World-War II Peruvian development. The basic pattern is sufficiently clear, namely, that income distribution has been extremely skewed, and that urban incomes and standards of living were on the whole significantly higher than in rural areas. The economic policies implemented by the military government were not conducive to agricultural growth nor did they accomplish anything towards reducing the urban-rural income gap. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
