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3.5 million people are expected to enter the poverty line due to COVID-19. Hugo Ñopo in Cuarto Poder
“Ten years ago we had poverty levels of about a third, but with poverty that was falling. Now we are going to be in an inverse situation: with the same levels, but with poverty that is increasing.” Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, participated in this Cuarto Poder reportage on the economic and labor precariousness of […]
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Hugo Ñopo in RPP Noticias: How to get a job in times of COVID-19?
“The most important determinant of long-term productivity is human capital. This measure is not just the number of years people went to study, but the skills they developed in the school world. There in lies the key to the long-term employability. […] We must pay attention to a very low-cost or zero-cost public offer of […]
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Serie de Webinars: Covid-19 y la respuesta de política en el Perú
GRADE presenta la Serie de Webinars: COVIDー19 y la respuesta de política en el Perú. En esta serie abordaremos diversos desafíos económicos y sociales de nuestro país frente a la pandemia. Cada tema contará con la presentación de un documento de investigación, seguido de los comentarios de investigadores. El ingreso es libre, previa inscripción aquí. Webinar […]
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Hugo Ñopo in La República’s Sigrid.pe: factors that explain why the quarantine in Peru would not have worked
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, spoke with Sigrid Bazán, from La República, about the factors that explain why the quarantine in Peru would not have worked. On the issue of informality, he said: “Little more than 6 million independent workers, almost 5 million people bring to their home at the end of the month an amount […]
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Ricardo Fort in RPP Noticias: new strategies to avoid crowds in food markets and bus stops
“What we have been proposing is to target a strategy that is territorially focused, articulated in the territory, and that has local participation.” Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, talked with Mónica Delta of RPP Noticias about the relevance of taking into account the heterogeneity of the different areas of the country while implementing new efforts to avoid the crowds […]
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A talk between Hugo Ñopo and Elmer Huerta M.D. in RPP Noticias: Social determinants of health
“Four out of ten Peruvians work independently. Of those four, three work in a very precarious way due to what they manage to carry out at the end of the month at their household is below the minimum vital wage of 900 soles” . These are some of the figures that Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared with […]
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Ricardo Fort in RPP: “If you don’t control food wholesalers, even if you control food retailers, the flow of contagion will go on”
“Depending on our location, all sellers in retail markets go five times a week to buy their merchandise from wholesalers. That is the worst contact ratio. If you don’t control food wholesalers, even if you control food retailers the flow of contagion will go on. Closing the market is an immediate measure, but it must […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Canal N: sectors that suffer the most from the economic crisis due to the pandemic
“There are two groups that appear to be less likely to receive government aid. On the one hand, the poor are not identifiable, given the problems of the patterns with which they identify beneficiary households. On the other hand, the emerging middle class , who is not far from the poverty line, but who due […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in RPP Noticias: What are the strategies for the proper functioning of the food markets?
“The treatment of wholesale markets, which are a very large area of possible contagion, must be differentiated. Only the Great Wholesale Market of Lima gathers approximately 30 thousand people daily, including merchants, transporters, stevedores, buyers. This population gathers all the days and then scattered throughout the city. ” Listen to the interview with our senior […]
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Ricardo Fort in Canal N: Intervention in food markets to prevent the spread of COVID-19
“The vast majority of Peruvian households buy their food in supply markets, more than 60% nationwide. That is why it is important to work with them. Not only close or move them, but understand the dynamics that occur inside in order to change the practices”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke with Verónica Linares of […]
