Opinion Article
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As economy, crime reboots, by Wilson Hernández
“Just as many sellers now seek to recover what was lost by changing their line of business or charging a premium, criminals act under a similar logic of reactivation that I summarize into three dimensions: recover what was lost (commit crimes more frequently), diversify their criminal activities (and not only theft of cell phones, but wallets, […]
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Is school dropout increasing this school year?, by Santiago Cueto
“The combination of risk factors increases the probability of dropping out. Thus, for example, students who live in poverty, who have young children and do not have a computer or cell phone, are at greater risk than those who only present one of these circumstances”. Santiago Cueto, Executive Director at GRADE and Country Director of Young Lives […]
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The other Pandemic: A look from the evidence, by Wilson Hernández
Peru is among the countries that lead the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. Both factors are linked to the increase in family violence. Why don’t we talk more about this other pandemic? Read the new article by Wilson Hernández, adjunct researcher at GRADE, in RPP Noticias with ideas and evidence in this regard.
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Anatomy of an economic debacle: the Peruvian labor market in 2020, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The current results are a consequence of both the epidemic and the public policy responses to contain it. They were not unpredictable, as we showed in a recent study. Unfortunately, the new information shows our estimates as conservative. Indeed, according to the latest National Household Survey, the labor market has suffered the most brutal blow […]
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Pandemic and rural employment, by Hugo Ñopo and Daniel Pajita
“To what is already worrying about the drop in employment that has recently spread, it must be added that paid employment has fallen even more. People are shifting to forms of subsistence employment, helping family members in their farms or businesses. the rural economy should be one of the issues to prioritize on the medium-term agenda.” […]
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Promoting informality, by Alvaro Espinoza
“A really sensible housing policy without consistency in the title of the precarious land, but rather generates alternatives of access to decent housing, or at least to the authorized lots, for the families who have to have in the land traffickers their only option viable”. Our adjunct researcher, Álvaro Espinoza, writes in El Comercio about the […]
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Employment: the three dogmas of the old formality, by Hugo Ñopo
“In Peru, with limited access to capital and poorly developed financial markets, work is even more important. Labor incomes cover three-quarters of the budgets of Peruvian households. Therefore, there is no better welfare policy than promoting a better job market”. Read the new op-ed by Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, in El Comercio.
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Proposal for the reactivation of family farming, by Eduardo Zegarra
“In the best scenario, agrarian poverty has increased from 40 to 60% in this period, and may reach 80% at the end of the year if concrete and comprehensive measures are not taken to support agriculture.” Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, shares a proposal for the reactivation of family farming via Noticias SER.
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What do we have at home? The assets of the Peruvians, by Hugo Ñopo
“Beyond the comparison of the ownership of refrigerators with color televisions, there is another that worries and has been important in the context of this pandemic as well: the possession of bank accounts. Access to this service is even less than the possession of refrigerators in the country. ” Read the recent article by Hugo […]
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Insecurity in Peru, by Eduardo Zegarra
The sanitary crisis, due to the coronavirus in Peru, is also becoming a food crisis. A recent survey by INEI to families in Metropolitan Lima and Callao during the first week of May 2020 attests to that. 14% of households said they had been unable to buy protein-containing foods such as meat, fish, and eggs. […]
