Media GRADE
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Más allá de los transgénicos: tecnología e innovación para una nueva revolución verde en el Perú, por Ricardo Fort
Hoy el Congreso debate la moratoria al ingreso y producción de productos transgénicos. Si bien los organismos modificados han generado debate por la posibilidad de tener efectos negativos sobre la biodiversidad y la salud, así como por la concentración de patentes, existen otros avances tecnológicos que podrían mejorar los cultivos y las condiciones de los […]
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Teenage childbearing as inequality, by Wilson Hernández
“Teenage mothers are concentrated in certain areas of Lima. Not only that. In addition, living in a neighborhood where there is a pregnant adolescent increases the probability of becoming such. This would be a kind of ‘social contagion’ in an environment that also normalizes motherhood when it is not very high in the neighborhood. ” […]
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Labor market in pandemic, when the procession goes inside (from home), by Hugo Ñopo
“The component of informality that has increased the most is that of unpaid family workers. These are workers who, although from their condition they reduce the unemployment rate, they increase the informality rate. […] This is a subtle form of job insecurity, inside the home “. Read the new op-ed by Hugo Ñopo, GRADE’s senior researcher, […]
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The failed and farcical start of FAE-Agro, now what?, by Eduardo Zegarra
“The Executive and Congress have the word (and the ability to act). Peruvian agriculture cannot continue to be mistreated in this way, with the sight and patience of all of us. It is not possible that we continue to pay our farmers like this, who with their effort and dedication feed us every day.” In the […]
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“Such things don’t happen to a young lady”, by Wilson Hernández
“Machismo is a headless monster. It is everywhere and nowhere. School and family are pointed out as spaces to change the way we conceive women and men. But what roles should the media play? of communication before comments to their news that blame the victims of the aggressions they suffer? “. In his new op-ed for […]
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Miguel Jaramillo and other experts suggested measures to encourage formal hiring in firms. Article from El Comercio
“Employment subsidies should target the most vulnerable groups and also training.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, was one of the experts consulted by El Comercio to suggest ways to promote the hiring of formal workers among firms.
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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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Eduardo Zegarra in El Comercio: FAE Agro will go to auction with 70% of the agricultural season advanced
The Business Support Fund for Agriculture (FAE Agro) will enter the auction with a trust contract approved yesterday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. These resources seek to finance the agricultural campaign that began in July. However, according to Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, “three months into the season, we already have between 60% and 70% […]
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Mining in Peru and Chile: the quality of dialogue needs to be lifted up, by Manuel Glave
Although Peru and Chile have implemented the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), it has little credibility and trust among populations and it has not been a mechanism that prevents socio-environmental conflict. In this Ojo Público article, our senior researcher Manuel Glave analyzes the mechanisms of citizen participation in territories with large-scale mining based on a recent study comparing both countries.
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Santiago Cueto in RPP Noticias: The danger of school dropouts during the pandemic
According to the Ministry of Education, 230 thousand students have left the educational system this year. What factors are associated with school dropout? The study by Santiago Cueto, country director of Young Lives Peru and Executive Director at GRADE, and colleagues find two main ones: the need to work and the lack of interest in studying. “It is […]
