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Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the delay in the purchase of fertilizers. Via RPP News
“The big campaign starts in August until December. Approximately 70% of the so-called transitory crops are sown, which require a crucial first fertilization in the first three months. Unfortunately, we are about to lose this opportunity. that this will lead to a drop in production in several crops, which will generate inflationary pressure on food […]
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Labor informality aggravates social gaps in Peru, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The gaps between formal and informal workers are the main factor behind youth labor inequality. Young people who work in the informal sector earn on average 40% less than those who have a formal job. […] The evidence suggests that it makes sense to invest in improving the first labor experiences of young people”. Miguel Jaramillo, […]
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The improbable transition to formality, by Miguel Jaramillo
“Two traits are key to characterizing workers who transition from informality to formality: education and age. Greater education increases the probability of entering salaried formality from all labor segments, and more pronounced for the increase in education. high school to high school.” Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, shares recent evidence on mobility between the […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion in Exitosa about the delay of fertilizers and Fertibono
“The Fertibono is a monetary transfer for the balance of the amount that is not going to be spent on the purchase of urea. A fairly small amount where a fixed amount of money is going to be given to farmers in a register and it is not going to have more relationship with whether […]
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Eduardo Zegarra on the stagnation of fertilizer purchases: “The first negative effect is on the producer”
“The first negative effect is on the producer with the sharp rise in costs and the drop in income (…) It is complex to predict the possible impact, but a lower supply generates inflationary pressure.” Our senior researcher Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the impacts of the delay of the purchase of fertilizers on the economy of […]
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Ricardo Fort in El Comercio: “You are fulfilling an expectation that land traffickers take advantage of”
“Every ten, fifteen years, sometimes five years, from the Congress of the Republic a law is approved that gives the State the possibility of formalizing informally occupied property. You are fulfilling an expectation that land traffickers take advantage of.” Our senior researcher Ricardo Fort shared his opinion in a recent episode of El Comercio’s #PasaEnLaCalle […]
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Juan José Díaz, Gabriela Guerrero and Lorena Alcázar are appointed as members of our 2022-2024 Executive Commitee
The Group for the Analysis of the Development (GRADE) is pleased to announce the new members of its Executive Committee for the period 2022-2024: Juan Jose Díaz – Executive Director Gabriela Guerrero – Research Director Lorena Alcázar – Director of Institutional Projects GRADE’s Executive Committee is responsible for supervising the institutional progress for biennial periods. […]
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Building safer and more sustainable food systems in Peru, by Karine Gatellier (IDS) and Ricardo Fort
The pandemic has aggravated the food insecurity situation of people. In Peru, the most vulnerable are facing great difficulties in accessing food, while food market vendors are also struggling to keep their businesses afloat. Read this Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) story of change to know how the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) […]
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Hugo Ñopo joins the World Bank as senior economist
We salute the recent incorporation of Hugo Ñopo to the World Bank as senior economist in the area of poverty and equity for Latin America. He will assume the position in August 2022 and will be based in Washington, United States. With this, Hugo ends his period at GRADE as Senior Researcher. From our institution we […]
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Worldreader launches new website for Latin America
Visit the Worldreader website for Latin America, an edtech foundation that provides children from disadvantaged communities with access to a digital library. GRADE and World Vision Peru are partners for Crece Lee Peru, a Worldreader digital reading project that has helped more children continue to read and learn during the pandemic. Through this new channel, […]
