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Do informal entrepreneurs want to formalize? Wishful thinking versus reality, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The problem is not registering, the problem is living every day in formality. As long as the burdens associated with being formal are not rationalized, formalization will be nothing more than a nice wish that succumbs to reality.” Based on rigorous evidence, our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo explains why formalization is not desirable for microentrepreneurs. Read […]
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“Adolescence”: The violence we normalize, by Vanessa Rojas
“Their identities would be taking shape in these physical and virtual environments marked by this structural violence that, unfortunately, reproduce discourses that promote not only hierarchical power relations between men and women, but also misogyny.” Our senior researcher Vanessa Rojas reflects on the themes explored in the Adolescence series. Read her full article in Ojo […]
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GRADE Conversa 24: Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health, featuring Vanessa Rojas
Covid-19 hit Peru hard and youth were a highly affected group. In 2023, the qualitative component of Young Lives Longitudinal Study collected the voices of youth participants about their well-being and mental health in a post-conflict and pandemic context. Listen to a new episode of our podcast GRADE Conversa featuring Vanessa Rojas, Senior Researcher at […]
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World Water Day: a selection of free access resources
Although Peru has abundant water resources, their distribution in the territory and for families is very unequal: for example, we still have 3 million people who do not have household drinking water service. Let us also remember the water crisis that Piura experienced at the end of last year due to the reduction in the […]
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Niños del Milenio (Young Lives): a generation marked by inequality, by Antonio Campos
“Young women are persistently less likely to be employed than young men, with a gender gap in employment that was 10 percentage points at age 15, and has increased to 22 percentage points at age 22.” Antonio Campos, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE, analyzes the factors that hinder access to stable jobs and adequate working conditions […]
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Invisible traps: gender gaps that mark the future of young Peruvian women, by Vanessa Rojas
“Evidence shows that gender gaps persist and that we have not made much progress in preventing traditional gender roles and imposed expectations from continuing to limit women and restrict their opportunities.” In the framework of International Women’s Day, Vanessa Rojas, Senior Researcher at GRADE, reflects on how gender inequalities mean that being young and female […]
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#8M Día Internacional de la Mujer 2025: Publicaciones destacadas
En nuestra sociedad aún operan diversos mecanismos que han perpetuado inequidades sociales basadas en las diferencias de género y expresadas en las desiguales oportunidades de desarrollo que tienen hombres y mujeres en el Perú. Esta forma de desigualdad tiene raíces estructurales que no solo se manifiestan en los planos sociales y económicos, sino también en […]
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Santiago Cueto on Epicentro.TV: Initial findings from the round 7 of the Young Lives survey in Peru
“A person born into a poor, rural, indigenous family, in general, is going to attend a lower quality school, is going to have lower educational attainment, is less likely to enter college, and is less likely to have the income of his or her more fortunate peers.” Our Senior Researcher Santiago Cueto spoke with Epicentro.TV’s […]
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Eduardo Zegarra comments on the consequences of the rains in the Tumbes region on local agriculture
“These rains are generating a series of problems that will begin to have an impact on food supply. Especially in the north itself, although in Lima some prices may start to rise due to speculation”. Our senior researcher Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the consequences of the heavy rains in the Tumbes region on […]
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María Balarin comments on the growing expansion of low-cost private schools in Lima
“There is a population group that does not feel well served because there is no supply or because they consider that the supply is not good for their needs (…). The question is whether these schools should exist. Should we allow schools to educate students with an investment of S/200 per month? What is the […]
