Rural Development and Agriculture
GRADE researchers have a continuing interest in the state of agricultural and livestock production and the impacts of economic policy and reforms on the rural economy in Peru. Studies are carried out into forest economics, the impacts of public infrastructure on the rural economy, the main drivers of private investment, the dynamics of rural employment and migration, and rural financial systems.
Senior Researchers
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Javier Escobal D`Angelo
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Javier holds a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, and a Master’s degree from New York University, where he also carried out doctoral studies in Economics. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. He is also Co-Researcher in the Young Lives/Niños del Milenio longitudinal study, which follows more than 2000 children during the […]
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Ricardo Fort Meyer
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Ricardo Fort is an economist with a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He currently works as a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), where he works on projects related to the economic development of […]
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Manuel Glave Testino
PhD en Economics - University of Illinois en Champaign
Manuel Glave has a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is a Senior Researcher at GRADE where he specialises in rural development, environmental economics and natural resources, and where he undertakes analysis of public policy relating to agriculture and the environment. He is a Senior Professor in the Department of […]
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Eduardo Zegarra Méndez
PhD en Agricultural and Applied Economics - University of Wisconsin
Eduardo Zegarra is an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin, specializing in rural development and natural resource management. His dissertation explores the workings and failures of the water market in Chile. He has researched and published on a wide […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Elena Borasino Deustua
Master en - Wageningen University
Elena holds a master’s degree in International Development with mention in Development Economics from Wageningen University. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
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Mauricio Espinoza Hermoza
PhD candidate en - Wageningen University & Reseach
Mauricio is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE. He holds a master’s degree in Agriculture, Environment and Regional Economics from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently a PhD candidate in Economic Development at Wageningen University & Reseach in the Netherlands. His areas of […]
External Affiliated Researchers
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Carmen Ponce San Román
PhD en Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmen Ponce is an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE and is currently affiliated as Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (Toronto, Canada). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a MSc. In Economics from the University of Texas […]
Publications
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Menos desiguales: la distribución del ingreso luego de las reformas estructurales
2011 Miguel Jaramillo, Jaime Saavedra
Tendencias de la desigualdad en la distribución de los ingresos durante el periodo posterior a la reforma estructural en el Perú durante los años 1997-2006 y sus vínculos con el mercado y las políticas públicas.
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JournalWorld Development
The Impact of Fair Trade Certification for Coffee Farmers in Peru
2011 Ricardo Fort, Ruerd Ruben
This study uses a balanced sample of Fair Trade farmers and likewise nonFair Trade producers of organic and conventional coffee from Peru to compare the net effects on production, income and expenditures, wealth and investments, and attitudes and perceptions.
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Crecimiento agrícola, pobreza y desigualdad en el Perú rural
Boom agrícola, pobreza y desigualdad en el Perú rural2009 Eduardo Zegarra, Jorge Tuesta
Este estudio muestra que el "boom agrícola" ocurrido durante la última década en algunas áreas de la agricultura peruana ha tenido impactos limitados en la reducción de la pobreza rural.
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Desarrollo rural en la sierra: aportes para el debate
2009 Carolina Trivelli, Bruno Revesz, Javier Escobal
Una mirada amplia y plural acerca de la cuestión del desarrollo rural en la sierra peruana sobre la base del trabajo realizado en el marco de la Red de Investigación sobre Desarrollo Rural de la Sierra.
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JournalEconomía y sociedad
La agricultura peruana frente al TLC: ¿oportunidad o maldición?
2008 Javier Escobal
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Projects
News
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Carolina Trivelli recommends GRADE’s 35th Anniversary research reviews
July 17, 2017 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
Carolina Trivelli recommends our 35th Anniversary book, “Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú (Research for Development in Peru)“. In her op-ed published in Perú 21, two research reviews stand out: “Sanchez and Rodriguez discuss the impacts of Juntos, answering several of the demands that demand for more evaluation, and they make clear for what this intervention serves and where there are […]
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Se discutieron estrategias de apoyo a la pequeña agricultura peruana, en conversatorio de AGRORURAL, GRADE y el Banco Mundial
March 23, 2017 Rural development and agriculture
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GRADE among the most influential social policy think tanks worldwide, according to University of Pennsylvania
January 30, 2017 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
For the seventh consecutive year, GRADE has been distinguished among the Top Social Policy Think Tanks in the world —25th place—, according to 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. This study, conducted by the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program at the University of Pennsylvania, classified 6846 organizations around the world in global […]
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TTI booklet on how think tanks contribute to improve public health highlights a study undertook by Máximo Torero and Javier Escobal
November 25, 2016 Rural development and agriculture
The Think Tank Initiative, managed by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), has published a digital booklet on how policy reseach institutions contribute directly or indirectly to shaping improvements in public health in their countries. One of the studies highlighted, led by our researchers Javier Escobal and Máximo Torero, revealed the benefits of delivering public infraestructure packages in rural households in Peru, a […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shared research findings on Juntos program at MIDIS-CIES Ministerial Dialogue
August 29, 2016 Rural development and agriculture, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes
Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, shared the main findings of his study on the effects of Juntos on rural households’ productive decisions in Peru, on Friday, August 26th, as part of the discussion of four studies sponsored by the Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social (CIES) with policy recommendations for the Peruvian Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion […]
Events
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Javier Escobal y Carmen Ponce participarán del Encuentro 2012: Territorios Rurales en Movimiento
05/06/2012 → 07/06/2012 Quito, Ecuador Rural development and agriculture
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Javier Escobal y Carmen Ponce participarán en el Encuentro “Territorios Rurales en Movimiento” de RIMISP
22/03/2011 → 24/03/2011 San Salvador, El Salvador Rural development and agriculture
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Martín Valdivia participará en la I Conferencia Internacional sobre Infraestructura y Desarrollo organizada por el Banco Mundial y la Universidad de Toulouse
14/01/2010 Centro de Convenciones del Hotel Mercure-Atria, Toulouse Rural development and agriculture
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Investigadores de GRADE participarán como expositores en el I Coloquio de Egresados de Ciencias Sociales
04/11/2009 → 07/11/2009 Rural development and agriculture, State reform and public institutions
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Martín Valdivia participará en el XXIV Reunión Anual de la Asociación de Economistas de América Latina y el Caribe (LACEA 2009)
01/10/2009 → 03/10/2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina Rural development and agriculture
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- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
