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    The Urban Development Institute-CENCA has been implementing local and regional development programmes for human settlements and low-income populations in Peruvian towns for the past twenty years. CENCA has proved that predominant economies have failed to guarantee a dignified standard of mankind. Its task forms part of the efforts made to achieve development with equity in order to ensure the well-being of our people and our countries, without exception. The purpose of the institution is to strive to achieve development and democracy in Perú. CENCA therefore encourages regional and local processes, striving towards a fair trasformation and a sustainable and compatible development in both rural and urban areas.Within this context, the intention is to decentralize decisions and resources, improve local management skills, strengthen the population and local governments and achieve coordination between various social and State agents, so that both the population and the authorities may develop a national project involving all Peruvians, in a collective and concerted manner. To this end, CENCA makes every effort to combine its professional efficiency and social commitment.