Opinion Article
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Property tax: innovate for better governing, by Ricardo Fort and Alvaro Espinoza
Our researchers Ricardo Fort and Álvaro Espinoza shared a concrete and low cost proposal in order to improve the municipal governance and to increase the property tax collection using modern technology. Read the full text in Gestión Newspaper.
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María Balarin writes about international accreditation and the quality of higher education
Can international accreditation guarantee the quality of higher education? Our senior researcher, María Balarin, writes in El Comercio’s supplement on universities and institutes about the key role of this mechanism on the sidelines of a public debate on what quality means and a proper regulation.
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Is the solution at home?, by Hugo Ñopo
“The excess of female responsibilities in homes has huge impacts on the lower possibility of professional development for women”, says Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, in an article published in G de Gestión gathering proposals to set game rules that promote gender equity in the business community.
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Navigating Through Life: Young Lives Study Peru
The qualitative approach of the Young Lives study in Peru has been able to capture the changes in the biographies of 51 children. Their voices allow understanding how they face realities, responsibilities, and risks during the time in their lives when school is the main component. Their experiences let researchers reflect on Sustainable Development Goal […]
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The relevance of evaluating the impact of tax exemptions
“The evidence suggests that the tax benefits to the high Andean areas have not had the desired impact.” Our senior researchers, Javier Escobal, shares in HacerPeru the findings of his recent study and the importance of evaluating the impacts of tax exemptions, frequently used as a mechanism to promote investment.
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Alan Sánchez shares the main quantitative findings of Niños del Milenio/Young Lives Peru
We share a Southern Voice article by our senior researcher, Alan Sánchez, on the main quantitative findings of Niños del Milenio/Young Lives Peru. After tracking 2,750 children for 15 years in Peru, unique evidence about the role of social programs, differences in nutritional and educational trajectories, and skills formation, has been collected.
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Opportunities for poor youth in Peru
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, synthesizes the findings of his study, together with Ana Paula Franco, about the opportunities for poor young people in Peru: “Regarding employment, the news are discouraging in multiple dimensions: young people, in comparison to the adult population, show lower labor participation, higher unemployment, higher underemployment and more informality. In the education […]
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Hugo Ñopo: The socio-emotional skills of the Peruvian soccer team
With the right encourage, people can learn to move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset, which leads to improvements in achievement. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, gathers recent advances in psychology and behavioral economics to analyze the socio-emotional skills developed by the Peruvian soccer team. The article was published in El Comercio’s […]
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Inequality in academy, by Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin
In the Peruvian social sciences, half of the university students are women. However, only one in three teachers and one in five media experts are women. Why do we see fewer women in academic events, media and in teaching and management positions? What can be done about it? We share the op-ed by Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin, […]
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The discussion about those who matter the most, by Hugo Ñopo
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, addresses in Foco Económico the discussion around the new poverty numbers in Peru: “Having more urban poor than rural poor was the new that attracted the most attention. For the first time, the percentage of urban poor was statistically higher than 50%. What did not attract attention, because it is […]
