Opinion Article
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Our biased perceptions, by Hugo Ñopo
“How many women do you think are in CADE 2016? Please give me a percentage”, asked Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, to several attendants. In his article, Ñopo discusses the findings of a small social experiment on female participation at the event.
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Education for the Bicentennial, by Hugo Ñopo
What are the challenges for education towards 2021? Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, analyzes the main objectives of the Bicentennial Plan and the National Education Project, included improving teacher development, education infrastructure and higher education.
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What is good must go on, by Hugo Ñopo
“The next step is for universities to receive the benefits of the improvements already seen in regular basic education”. Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, discussed the achievements during the management of Jaime Saavedra, Minister of Education.
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Beyond SNIP, by Ricardo Fort and Álvaro Espinoza
Our researchers Ricardo Fort and Álvaro Espinoza address the complexities which the National Public Investment System (SNIP) reform should be dealing: “[…] we need a public investment planing system articulating sectors and government levels, and strictly binding with the state budget system. Only in this way we will be able to make a real quality jump in public investment.”
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Private education: regulate before not to regret later, by Hugo Ñopo
“La iniciativa privada viene fallando en el objetivo de proveer un servicio educativo superior al que provee el sistema público. […] En los distritos de mayores ingresos la oferta privada de servicios educativos supera a la pública, en los distritos emergentes sucede exactamente lo contrario. Y claro, en los distritos pobres la oferta privada no […]
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It is reap what it is sow, by Hugo Ñopo
“The changing environment has led us to believe that innovation is so powerful it can revolutionize education. If only it were true.” Read the opinion editorial by Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, in El Comercio newspaper, on education funding challenges and its key linking with the revaluation of teachers in Peru.
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Education: well said, and done!, by Hugo Ñopo
Our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo analyzes the education topic within the presidential speech by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: “The six state commitments with which the President closed his speech follow up for strengthen an idea. The education, as a tool to build the society we want, has a main place in these commitments. The priority is […]
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Agrarian poverty and income shock in Puno: an ENAHO analysis, by Eduardo Zegarra
Our senior researcher Eduardo Zegarra analyzes data from the National Household Survey and suggests that a negative income shock (and demand) in urban areas of Puno, with adverse effects on agricultural income, explain the increase of poverty in this region between 2013-2015. Read the full article (in Spanish) here.
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Lima and the water scarcity risk for private sector, by Eduardo Zegarra
“Dado el enorme peso de Lima en el PBI nacional (cerca del 50%), las cifras indican que una grave sequía afectando a Lima puede afectar directamente y en forma dramática al 25% del producto nacional, además de impactar potencialmente en más de 1 millón de empleos.” Lea el artículo de nuestro investigador Eduardo Zegarra en […]
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Public expenditure on agriculture: centralism and regional inequities, by Eduardo Zegarra
“Aunque el sector agrario tiene una participación de solo 5.6% en el PBI nacional, tiene a más del 25% de la PEA ocupada y en muchas regiones el peso sectorial es de entre 20 y 30%.” Eduardo Zegarra, Investigador principal de GRADE, analiza la evolución y composición del gasto público agropecuario del gobierno saliente, a […]
