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Eduardo Zegarra in Sudaca Peru: social mobilization for the agrarian strike
“After the pandemic, a new problem has hit the agricultural sector even more: the sharp increase in the price of fertilizers. First the price of urea doubled, then it tripled, and we are currently in a serious problem of shortages [… ] Peru imports 100% of the urea. We do not produce it internally. This […]
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Eduardo Zegarra joined a session on proposals for the economic crisis held by congressmen Flor Pablo and Carlos Anderson
“There is no government structure and institutions that allow coherent responses and strategies to be coordinated in the face of food insecurity. This crisis has worsened over the last two months, where the prices of imported food have skyrocketed again. […] Peru it has not developed a capacity to meet its basic food needs and […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Sudaca Perú: What is going on in the labour sector?
“What this bill does is make formal hiring more expensive. It will be more difficult for the most productive companies to hire more workers. There’s not much to look forward to in terms of productivity gains. The only beneficiaries of this code are workers who have a permanent contract and, particularly, unionized workers. [However] unionization […]
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Eduardo Zegarra on water management in Peru: a case study of the Ica Valley
“El estudio apunta a entender el vínculo entre el agua, la alimentación y la energía en un espacio específico en el que hay varios problemas con el uso del agua. Uno de los principales problemas es que la agricultura en el Valle de Ica básicamente usa el agua del acuífero. Hay evidencia de que el […]
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TV Perú: Eduardo Zegarra’s on the VAT exemption for five foods
“It is a measure with problems. One is that the reduction will not necessarily go to the final consumer. It is also quite regressive, because it favors those with greater purchasing power. It is better to make a program of direct economic support to families in poverty or in vulnerability, more or less 50% of […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts in RPP Noticias about food items that would be exempt from VAT
“The most serious thing has not been to include the pheasant or some other elements that are quite ridiculous, but to extend the rule until December 31 and include a VAT and tax credit refund mechanism that could involve very complicated tax fraud problems” . Listen to the opinion of our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra on […]
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Eduardo Zegarra: Two urgent actions against the food crisis
“The first (action) is to promote fertilizer imports, especially urea. There is already a deficit of more than 180,000 tons of fertilizers that could not be imported. If there is no more fertilizer in the coming weeks, Peruvian agriculture, especially commercial, is going to face a very serious crisis. Secondly, an immediate measure is needed […]
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Santiago Cueto was a panelist at the World Bank and The Dialogue Evaluation in Pandemic Launch Report
“The work to develop pedagogical skills among teachers, including the interpretation of standardized results and the use of formative assessments in the classroom with a pedagogical sense, is essential.” Watch again the presentation of Santiago Cueto, Senior Researcher at GRADE, at the World Bank and Inter-American Dialogue launch report Evaluation in Pandemic: How do we diagnose […]
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Santiago Cueto joined the Fundación Ceibal and UNESCO meeting, “Technology and education in Latin America”
“The simple provision of equipment does not lead to satisfactory results. A pedagogical model and a guided use or a structured pedagogy are needed to allow the best use of this resource.” Watch again the presentation of our senior researcher Santiago Cueto in the meeting “Technology and education in Latin America: 2023 GEM Report Regional Consultancy”, held on […]
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Eduardo Zegarra was a discussant of a Midis research on food security in pandemic
Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra was a discussant of the research findings from the study “Peru: An Evaluation of Food Security facing Emergencies (ESAE), 2021”, undertook by the General Direction of Monitoring and Evaluation at the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru. Watch the evento here.
