Rural Development and Agriculture
GRADE researchers have a continuing interest in the state of agricultural and livestock production and the impacts of economic policy and reforms on the rural economy in Peru. Studies are carried out into forest economics, the impacts of public infrastructure on the rural economy, the main drivers of private investment, the dynamics of rural employment and migration, and rural financial systems.
Senior Researchers
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Javier Escobal D`Angelo
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Javier holds a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, and a Master’s degree from New York University, where he also carried out doctoral studies in Economics. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. He is also Co-Researcher in the Young Lives/Niños del Milenio longitudinal study, which follows more than 2000 children during the […]
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Ricardo Fort Meyer
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Ricardo Fort is an economist with a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He currently works as a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), where he works on projects related to the economic development of […]
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Manuel Glave Testino
PhD en Economics - University of Illinois en Champaign
Manuel Glave has a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is a Senior Researcher at GRADE where he specialises in rural development, environmental economics and natural resources, and where he undertakes analysis of public policy relating to agriculture and the environment. He is a Senior Professor in the Department of […]
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Eduardo Zegarra Méndez
PhD en Agricultural and Applied Economics - University of Wisconsin
Eduardo Zegarra is an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin, specializing in rural development and natural resource management. His dissertation explores the workings and failures of the water market in Chile. He has researched and published on a wide […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Elena Borasino Deustua
Master en - Wageningen University
Elena holds a master’s degree in International Development with mention in Development Economics from Wageningen University. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
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Mauricio Espinoza Hermoza
PhD candidate en - Wageningen University & Reseach
Mauricio is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE. He holds a master’s degree in Agriculture, Environment and Regional Economics from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently a PhD candidate in Economic Development at Wageningen University & Reseach in the Netherlands. His areas of […]
External Affiliated Researchers
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Carmen Ponce San Román
PhD en Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmen Ponce is an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE and is currently affiliated as Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (Toronto, Canada). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a MSc. In Economics from the University of Texas […]
Publications
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Los efectos de la migración interna entre el 2007 y el 2014 en el Perú: un análisis a nivel provincial
2016 Javier Escobal, Úrsula Aldana
The purpose of this study is to estimate the impact of migration flows in Peru on migrants’ areas of origin and destination. The effect on four indicators is analysed: the age profile of the population, the receipt of remittances, the average level of education and, finally, the value of consumption.
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The Evolution of Collective Land Tenure Regimes in Pastoralist Societies: Lessons From Andean Countries
2016 Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave, Sandra Rodríguez, Andrea Ramos
Much has been said about the importance of pastoralist livelihoods for the effective and sustainable use of the world’s drylands which cover approximately 40% of total land surface. Globally, drylands provide livelihoods to some two billion people, 90% of whom live in developing countries (UN, 2011). Pastoralism is the principle production system exercised in drylands […]
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Towards an inclusive and sustainable development in Latin America: dialogue between research and public policies
2016
Esta publicación es resultado del seminario internacional Hacia un Desarrollo Inclusivo y Sostenible en América Latina: Diálogos entre Investigación y Políticas Públicas, organizado por el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) y el Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), el 25 y 26 de junio de 2014. Representa un esfuerzo de recopilación de lo más relevante y valioso […]
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Combinando programas sociales y programas productivos para enfrentar la pobreza extrema en áreas rurales: la evidencia de Haku Wiñay
2016 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce
Aportes para el desarrollo de programas orientados a fortalecer capacidades de generación de ingresos autónomos por parte de hogares rurales en situación de pobreza.
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Industrias extractivas y desarrollo rural territorial en los Andes peruanos. Los dilemas de la representación política y la capacidad de gestión para la descentralización
2016 Manuel Glave, Gerardo Damonte
Durante las últimas décadas, en el Perú se han producido cambios significativos en las formas de organización y representación local. Estos cambios han afectado el desarrollo de las políticas territoriales en el contexto de proyectos mineros a gran escala. El país ha hecho esfuerzos para contribuir a la gestión del territorio, para lo cual ha […]
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Un indicador del nivel de actividad de la economía peruana en base a un modelo de variables latentes
1993Javier Escobal,
En el documento se plantea la construcción de un indicador del nivel de actividad económica para el Perú a partir de un conjunto de series de tiempo de fácil acceso (series de producción, empleo, ingresos, etc).
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Reorientación de la política monetaria en el Perú: avances y problemas
1993
En este artículo se plantea una regla de control monetario que toma en cuenta la evolución esperada de la producción como alternativa a la actual estrategia de control monetario tendiente a reducir la inflación.
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El ciclo económico en el Perú
1993
Caracterización del ciclo económico en el Perú a través del comportamiento cíclico de los principales precios y agregados macroeconómico (reales y monetarios) de la economía peruana de los últimos 50 años.
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Gestión pública y distribución de ingresos: tres estudios de caso para la economía peruana
1992Javier Escobal,
This paper attempts to show how the results of many of the redistributive efforts made during the first years of the APRA government in Peru were reversed in the following years. To this end, we analyze three of the most important mechanisms used by the government in the 1985-1990 period to affect income distribution: public […]
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El sector agropecuario peruano en 1992: evaluación y recomendaciones para su desarrollo
1992Javier Escobal,
The document specifically proposes avoiding exceptions to the free price system, seeking more transparent mechanisms if certain crops are to be protected; making investments to reduce marketing costs; promoting the development of a rural financial system; and promoting the transfer of appropriate technologies, among other proposals.
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JournalBoletín de Opinión
El trabajo asalariado en las economías rurales del Perú
1998Martin Valdivia,
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JournalRevista de Psicología
Rendimiento de niños y niñas de zonas rurales y urbanas del Perú
1997Santiago Cueto, ,
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JournalRevista Latinoamericana de Estudios Educativos
Tiempo en la tarea y actividades educativas en escuelas rurales del Perú
1997, Santiago Cueto,
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JournalBoletín de Opinión
Diversificación en un modelo dinámico de hogares rurales con incertidumbre
1996Martin Valdivia,
La diversificación geográfica y de actividades es un componente clave del comportamiento económico de los hogares rurales, en particular en la sierra del Perú.
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New institutions for agricultural and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Current and emerging issues for economic analysis and policy research2003Javier Escobal,
In a recent document, Piñeiro et al. (1999) review the recent history of the reforms of the agricultural public sector in Latin America, giving a more balanced view of the role of the state than the one prevailing in Washington circles in the 1990s. The authors analyse the first wave of reforms and the current […]
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Promoting strategic linkages between the farm/non-farm sectors: the peruvian case
Promoting farm/non-farm linkages for rural development: case studies from Africa and Latin America2002Javier Escobal,
The central objective of this chapter is to analyse the linkages between commercial agriculture and agro-industry in two of the most important agricultural valleys of Peru. Recent institutional innovations in these regions have altered the relationship between potato, cotton and asparagus farmers and agribusiness. The innovations have centred principally around management experience, a critical factor […]
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Liberalización de la balanza de pagos: efectos sobre el crecimiento, el empleo y desigualdad y pobreza: el caso de Perú
Liberalización, desigualdad y pobreza: América Latina y el Caribe en los 902001Juan Jose Diaz, Maximo Torero,
En primer lugar se hace un recuento de los los cambios en el contexto macroeconómico y de las reformas estructurales, y otras reformas que se dieron simultáneamente para entender el cambio en la estructura productiva.
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Apuntes sobre el teniente gobernador
Autoridades en espacio locales: una mirada desde la antropología2000Gerardo Damonte,
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Land markets and the persistence of rural poverty: post-liberalization policy options
Rural poverty in Latin America: analytics, new empirical evidence and policy2000Eduardo Zegarra, ,
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Projects
- Agenda para el desarrollo agrario de la sierra peruanaMay 2007
- Programa de Desarrollo de la Sanidad Agropecuaria – PRODESA” – (II Fase)June 2007
- Evaluación de impacto de las iniciativas de comercio justoJune 2007
- Programa de Desarrollo de la Sanidad Agropecuaria – PRODESAJune 2007
- Historia social y económica del ámbito de influencia del Proyecto “La Granja”June 2007
- Estudio sobre gasto público agrario en HondurasMay 2007
- Línea de Base Socioeconómica de JuprogMay 2007
- Evaluación ex post del componente de transferencia de tecnología agropecuaria del programa de modernización de los servicios agropecuarios (PROMSA) en el EcuadorMay 2007
- Desarrollo rural para la sierra: aprovechando “sierra exportadora” para promover una estrategia integral de desarrolloMay 2007
- Titulación rural, mercados de tierras e inversiones en actividades agrícolas y no agrícolas en el Perú, explorando impactos y canales de transmisiónSeptember 2006
News
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Eduardo Zegarra on TV Peru: “We are passing the bill for many years of not thinking in terms of food security”
May 20, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“If the problem of the lack of fertilizers persists and if the measures that are being taken are not effective, because there is concern that this emergency decree has little effectiveness and efficiency, we would be facing a complicated situation. We have expensive imported food and national food that would also begin to be scarce. […]
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Javier Escobal shares his opinion on the impact of the shortage of fertilizers in Peruvian agriculture
May 9, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
For Javier Escobal, Senior Researcher at GRADE, subsistence farmers, among whom the use of fertilizers is widespread, are particularly vulnerable to the increase in the price of these inputs, since they cannot transfer the higher cost to consumers. In addition, since they would have to buy the food that they would stop producing, they would […]
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Effect of the agrarian labor regime on the remuneration of unskilled workers and workers, by Eduardo Zegarra
May 5, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“The extreme flexibility of the contracts (temporary terms), as well as the very low capacity for unionization and collective bargaining of wages, mean much lower incomes for workers than those they could receive if they enjoyed the same rights as their peers in the regime. general or civil construction regime”. We share the article by […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in Peru 21: risks that could aggravate the food crisis
May 2, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
According to Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, we are already in a food crisis due to rising food prices, but this could worsen due to the shortage of fertilizers: “Family farming supplies 60% of food and having two important sources of food – which are imported products and those produced (in Peru) – at risk, […]
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Eduardo Zegarra: “There is already a high risk that Peru will run out of fertilizers in the next three months”
April 27, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“There is already a high risk that Peru will run out of fertilizers in the next three months”, said Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, in a Nativa reportage on the risk of a food crisis due to the shortage of this product.
Events
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Our researchers will be speakers and discussants at SEPIA XVIII – Puno 2019
12/08/2019 → 15/08/2019 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Universidad Nacional del Altiplano (Av. Floral 1153, Puno) Rural development and agriculture
Several of our researchers will be speakers and discussants at the biennial meeting of the Permanent Seminar for Agricultural Research SEPIA XVIII – Puno 2019, with the collaboration of the National University of the Altiplano and the Association for Rural Educational Services (SER). SOCIAL NETWORKS You can follow the event on SEPIA’s Twitter. PROGRAM You […]
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GRADE’s researchers at the 2019 annual congress of the Peruvian Economic Association
08/08/2019 → 09/08/2019 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Universidad del Pacífico (Av. General Salaverry 2020, Jesús María) Rural development and agriculture, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes
On August 8-9, our researchers will join the 2019 annual congress of the Peruvian Economic Association (APE), coorganized with the University of the Pacific. In addition, Southern Voice, of which we are members and host organization, will organize a panel on the precariousness of education and employment in Peru and Bolivia. The event is part of various activities carried […]
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Eduardo Zegarra will be a speaker at the Elsevier’s 2019 Spatial Statistics conference
13/07/2019 9:00 am - 10:00 am Sitges, España Rural development and agriculture
Our Senior Researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, will be a speaker at the Spatial Statistics conference: towards a spatial data science, held by Elsevier, an international publisher of books on medicine and scientific literature. The event will take place from July 10 to 13, in the Sitges, Spain. On Friday, July 12 at 9:00 a.m. (Peru time), […]
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Eduardo Zegarra is a speaker at the PUCP international seminar on the 50th anniversary of the agrarian reform in Peru
26/06/2019 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel) Rural development and agriculture
On the sidelines 50 years of the enactment of the Agrarian Reform, the Ethnological Workshop on Political Culture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) will held the international seminar “50 years of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform: new readings and approaches”, from June 26 to 28. The aim of the event is to discuss […]
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Investigadores de GRADE en LASA 2019, Nuestra América: Justice and Inclusion
24/05/2019 → 27/05/2019 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Boston, Estados Unidos Rural development and agriculture, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
