Social programs and financial inclusion: instruments of biopolitics in Peru, 2000–2024
Biopolitics refers to the set of public policies and state actions aimed at regulating the vital functions of individuals and societies, including areas such as public health, democracy, citizen security, and quality of life. This article analyzes the biopolitical instrumentalization of fiscal polic...
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| author | Jose Luis Morales Rocha Teófilo Lauracio Ticona Mario Aurelio Coyla Zela Jarol Teófilo Ramos Rojas Genciana Serruto Medina Nakaday Irazema Vargas Torres Claudia Jessica Lauracio Lope |
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| description | Biopolitics refers to the set of public policies and state actions aimed at regulating the vital functions of individuals and societies, including areas such as public health, democracy, citizen security, and quality of life. This article analyzes the biopolitical instrumentalization of fiscal policies and financial governmentality in Peru between 2000 and 2024. The research is based on the hypothesis that Peruvian governments have used these tools to promote equitable human development. Using correlation and regression tests, we examined social programs, financial inclusion indicators, and variations in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in relation to the Human Development Index and other socioeconomic variables. The main conclusion indicates that the impact of social programs and financial inclusion is limited at the regional level. Only the percentage of financial debtors and the Juntos Program show a significant effect on human development indicators such as malnutrition, monetary poverty, and academic performance. Despite being considered essential for sustainable development, social programs and financial inclusion in Peru during this period were instrumentalized for biopolitical purposes, prioritizing capitalist reproduction and the exploitation of resources from less developed regions. Although economic growth was achieved, there was no corresponding promotion of equity, social inclusion, or comprehensive human development. Notably, the poverty rate in Peru increased to 29.0% in 2023, approaching the levels recorded during the 2020 pandemic (30.1%), according to the Peruvian Institute of Economics, and continued to rise in 2024, reflecting the inadequacy of the implemented policies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d879cd3fe0074ca3912a46f86c7211dd2025-08-20T02:28:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Political Science2673-31452025-04-01710.3389/fpos.2025.15283371528337Social programs and financial inclusion: instruments of biopolitics in Peru, 2000–2024Jose Luis Morales Rocha0Teófilo Lauracio Ticona1Mario Aurelio Coyla Zela2Jarol Teófilo Ramos Rojas3Genciana Serruto Medina4Nakaday Irazema Vargas Torres5Claudia Jessica Lauracio Lope6Professional School of Public Management and Social Development, National University of Moquegua, Moquegua, PeruProfessional School of Accounting, Jose Carlos Mariátegui University, Moquegua, PeruProfessional School of Public Management and Social Development, National University of Moquegua, Moquegua, PeruProfessional School of Public Management and Social Development, National University of Moquegua, Moquegua, PeruProfessional School of Public Management and Social Development, National University of Moquegua, Moquegua, PeruProfessional School of Public Management and Social Development, National University of Moquegua, Moquegua, PeruProfessional School of Accounting, Jose Carlos Mariátegui University, Moquegua, PeruBiopolitics refers to the set of public policies and state actions aimed at regulating the vital functions of individuals and societies, including areas such as public health, democracy, citizen security, and quality of life. This article analyzes the biopolitical instrumentalization of fiscal policies and financial governmentality in Peru between 2000 and 2024. The research is based on the hypothesis that Peruvian governments have used these tools to promote equitable human development. Using correlation and regression tests, we examined social programs, financial inclusion indicators, and variations in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in relation to the Human Development Index and other socioeconomic variables. The main conclusion indicates that the impact of social programs and financial inclusion is limited at the regional level. Only the percentage of financial debtors and the Juntos Program show a significant effect on human development indicators such as malnutrition, monetary poverty, and academic performance. Despite being considered essential for sustainable development, social programs and financial inclusion in Peru during this period were instrumentalized for biopolitical purposes, prioritizing capitalist reproduction and the exploitation of resources from less developed regions. Although economic growth was achieved, there was no corresponding promotion of equity, social inclusion, or comprehensive human development. Notably, the poverty rate in Peru increased to 29.0% in 2023, approaching the levels recorded during the 2020 pandemic (30.1%), according to the Peruvian Institute of Economics, and continued to rise in 2024, reflecting the inadequacy of the implemented policies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1528337/fullsocial programsfinancial inclusionbiopoliticsPeruhuman development |
| spellingShingle | Jose Luis Morales Rocha Teófilo Lauracio Ticona Mario Aurelio Coyla Zela Jarol Teófilo Ramos Rojas Genciana Serruto Medina Nakaday Irazema Vargas Torres Claudia Jessica Lauracio Lope Social programs and financial inclusion: instruments of biopolitics in Peru, 2000–2024 Frontiers in Political Science social programs financial inclusion biopolitics Peru human development |
| title | Social programs and financial inclusion: instruments of biopolitics in Peru, 2000–2024 |
| title_full | Social programs and financial inclusion: instruments of biopolitics in Peru, 2000–2024 |
| title_fullStr | Social programs and financial inclusion: instruments of biopolitics in Peru, 2000–2024 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social programs and financial inclusion: instruments of biopolitics in Peru, 2000–2024 |
| title_short | Social programs and financial inclusion: instruments of biopolitics in Peru, 2000–2024 |
| title_sort | social programs and financial inclusion instruments of biopolitics in peru 2000 2024 |
| topic | social programs financial inclusion biopolitics Peru human development |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1528337/full |
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