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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 […]
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Alvaro Espinoza in La Mula: Markets and coronavirus: what to do with them?
“We have to understand that we are in a different situation than in recent years. It is a time where we have to readjust how we behave, it is an opportunity to break some traditional behaviors. In a scenario where the pandemic continues, sellers want to work and consumers want to buy, but they don’t want to […]
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Ricardo Fort in Ideeleradio: 10 measures to reduce crowds and contagions in the supply food markets
“We need to reactivate neighborhood organizations to implement joint purchasing and delivery systems in neighborhoods […] We can strengthen community kitchens so that they can produce and distribute free menus in the most vulnerable areas.” Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, shared in Ideeleradio ten urgent measures to reduce crowds and contagions in the supply food markets. […]
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Miguel Jaramillo was a panelist at the fourth CADEx “New work framework in health emergency”
IPAE held the fourth CADEx “A new labor framework on the sidelines of a health emergency”. Our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, was a panelist together with Juan Carlos Requejo, vice-Minister of Labor at the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion, and Diego Macera, general general at the Peruvian Institute of Economics (IPE).
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Hugo Ñopo in Cuarto Poder: Education in times of pandemic
“What it is about is to do the best we can given the existing conditions. Clearly this is not a replacement for face-to-face. It is a temporary solution that we can have while our children cannot leave the houses.” Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, participated in this Cuarto Poder reportage on education in times of […]
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Alvaro Espinoza in TV Perú: food markets in priority areas of prevention and control for COVID-19
“We have looked at the areas with characteristics such as higher concentration of elderly, greater overcrowding in households, higher population density, and lack of water.” Alvaro Espinoza, adjunct researcher at GRADE, spoke with TVPerú about the identification of markets and supermarkets that serve the population living in areas of high vulnerability to the virus in […]
