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Ricardo Fort in 24 Hours: Food markets in Lima as potential sources of COVID-19 contagion
“These are the areas where the authorities should be doing preventive measures, ensuring that the food markets are properly cleaned, that the vendors handle the products well, that there is social distancing. One could even do rapid tests for temperature or virus transmission to prevent it from spreading through those territories. ” Our senior researcher, […]
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Ricardo Fort en Ideeleradio: Zonas prioritarias para la prevención y control del contagio del COVID-19 en Lima
“Si pensamos en estas zonas, hay mucha movilidad de gente que sale a diario a tratar trabajar para conseguir ingresos, o incluso a hacer las comprar del diario, regresan a sus hogares donde hay población vulnerable, y se aumenta la posibilidad de contagio”. Ricardo Fort, investigador principal de GRADE, explicó en Ideeleradio el análisis de zonas prioritarias para la […]
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Hugo Ñopo on Canal N: withdrawals of AFP’s funds to face coronavirus impact in Peru
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke with journalist Mávila Huertas of Canal N about the Executive’s resolution that allows affiliates of the AFP (Pension Funds Administrators) that did not contribute six months ago to withdraw until S / 2000, as part of the economic plan to face the coronavirus impact.
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Eduardo Zegarra discusses the state of Peruvian agriculture in times of the coronavirus
“We calculate how many have a cell phone to access the voucher and no member of more than 300,000 agricultural families has a cell phone […] They do indeed require resources to be able to even eat, because they do not themselves produce all the food they require for their own food. There is need for […]
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Carmen Ponce: Towards a gender-transformative approach into graduation programs
What is the main challenge for integrating gender transformative approach into graduation programs? Our Associated Researcher, Carmen Ponce, shared her reflections as part of a 2019 workshop held by Fundación Capital, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the World Bank’s Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI). To read more insights from the workshop, read Fundación […]
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Manuel Glave joined the French-Peruvian Scientific Forum “New perspectives on climate change in the Amazon”
Our Senior Researcher, Manuel Glave, joined the French-Peruvian Scientific Forum “New perspectives on climate change in the Amazon”, held by the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (Concytec), the University of the Pacífico, the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD), and the French Embassy in Peru together with the French Institute of Andean […]
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GRADE researchers join the presentation of the results of the SPSD pilot project “Valuing diversity in schools”
The Peruvian Society for Down Syndrome presents the results of its pilot project, “Valuing diversity in school”. The project aimed to strengthen the capacities of the different actors of the educational community in relation to their policies, practices and inclusive culture. The active participation of managers, support staff, teachers, students and families of two public […]
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Ricardo Fort presented innovative tools for local territorial governance at the IADB
Our Senior Researcher, Ricardo Fort, met with officials of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to discuss the findings of four GRADE research projects that yielded innovative tools for local territorial governance: a mobile application for automated lottery plans, a virtual cadastre with drone images, and an investment prioritization tool based on satellite images.
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Evidence Week 2019| Gabriela Guerrero and Santiago Cueto joined MINEDU’s event on education and early childhood
Our Senior Researchers, Gabriela Guerrero and Santiago Cueto, joined in the opening day of the Evidence Week 2019, “Education and early childhood”, held by the Ministry of Education (MINEDU). During her presentation, Gabriela addressed the relevance of ensuring quality services in two dimensions: structural quality, as key inputs for the deliver of the service; and quality of processes, linked to the way […]
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Synergies between Education and Employment: who is being left behind and what can be done about it?
Research on the effects of access to education and on employment conditions is abundant. However, the effects of basic education of quality on labour opportunities remain an elusive black box in many countries of the Global South. Particularly, in regard to the disadvantaged groups. As part of the UN Global Goals Week 2019, Southern Voice, […]
