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Lorena Alcázar joined a CIES-UNDP dialogue on the transformative role of young people in the pandemic. Note from La Mula
“A dropout shock in education is going to be an important determinant that in the future young people have a higher probability of having a precarious job.” Lorena Alcázar was one of the panelists of the virtual dialogue held by the Consortium for Economic and Social Research and the United Nations Development Program Peru on youth and […]
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Members of GRADE’s CREER project joined Fundación Telefónica dialogue on educational evaluation
Santiago Cueto, Executive Director at GRADE and General Coordinator of the Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER), Jéssica Tapia, Pedagogical Coordinator for CREER, and Liriama Velasco, Consultant for CREER, joined the Fundación Telefónica Perú dialogue, “2020 School Year: What, how and why we evaluate?”.
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Hugo Ñopo in CGTN: Peru struggles to overcome pandemic, restart economy
According to Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, the current economy reopening strategies are not working. Why? “One important element here is the gap between the design and the implementation. We have great designs as bonuses, Reactiva Peru, incentives to families and to businesses, but the problem did not materialize in a timely way”, he […]
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Santiago Cueto was a speaker in CNE virtual dialogue on the challenge of full citizenship in the PEN to 2036
The National Education Council (CNE) addressed the challenge of full citizenship in the National Educational Project to 2036, in order to discuss the purpose “Citizen life”, focused on a Peruvian education that contributes to free and fair coexistence in a Rule of law. Santiago Cueto, executive director at GRADE, general coordinator of the Project Growing with […]
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Derechos sin Fronteras, Renades Cusco and GRADE held a public forum on water governance in Andean territories with large-scale mining
Derechos sin Fronteras, the Regional Platform for Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (Renades Cusco) and the the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) held a public forum on water governance in Andean territories with large-scale mining extraction. The event discussed the findings of the international project “How to improve the availability and equity of water access? […]
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Hugo Ñopo in RPP Noticias: “There are no individual funds in the ONP”
“A root reform requires understanding that part of the dysfunctionality of the pension system is a reflection of the dysfunctionality of the labor market. 70% of workers have informal jobs and 30% that have formal jobs are part of the wealthiest segment of workers. So, besides being a few (affiliates), they are not poor, not […]
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Miguel Jaramillo’s opinion in Al Jazeera. Peru economy: COVID-19 puts millions of people out of work
“It is the worst recession since the 19th century. The economy shut down completely. In 12 out of 24 regions, there was not a single case of COVID-19. Instead of isolating, the quarantine was also imposed on them, revealing the lack of understanding of the effects of this measure. […] The long-term consequences are enormous: […]
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GRADE held the International Webinar Governance of water and mining in Latin America
The Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) held the International Webinar Governance of Water and Mining in Latin America, on Wednesday, August 26. The event aims to discuss the problems of mining and water in the region based on the findings of a two-year research project on water governance in territories with large-scale mining in […]
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Javier Escobal was a speaker at the FAO Online Conference “Reducing rural poverty: A transformative agenda post COVID-19”,
“Closing the digital gap, which helps the provision of other services such as telemedicine or greater financial inclusion, will allow governments to better position themselves to provide services or cash transfers to households. It can also open opportunities for income generation in rural territories, in sectors linked to telework that could appear in the post-pandemic […]
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Hugo Ñopo discussed the challenges of human development in the face of the pandemic at a KAS Peru event
“The world has applauded that we have good financial backs, which have been built on the basis of a very well done macroeconomy. Unfortunately, we have forgotten to invest in the most important thing: people. In health and education” (El Comercio, April 30 2020). Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, discussed the challenges of human […]
