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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Combinando programas sociales con otras intervenciones
Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación del programa Haku Wiñay2016 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce
Javier Escobal y Carmen Ponce presentan una discusión sobre la experiencia internacional en torno a la combinación de programas sociales con intervenciones de corte productivo desde una perspectiva histórica. Este capítulo permite iniciar la reflexión sobre el impacto del proyecto Haku Wiñay en entornos intervenidos por el programa Juntos, pues identifica consensos y retos compartidos, […]
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De la Amazonía su palma. Aportes a la gestión territorial en la región Loreto
2016 Roxana Barrantes, Elena Borasino, Manuel Glave, Miguel La Rosa,
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JournalEconomía y Sociedad
Impactos del programa Juntos en las decisiones productivas de los hogares rurales del Perú
2015 Eduardo Zegarra
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¿Es necesaria una Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo Rural en el Perú? Aportes para el debate y propuesta de implementación
2015 Ricardo Fort, María Isabel Remy, Héctor Paredes
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JournalWorld Development
Explaining spatial diversity in Latin American rural development: structures, institutions, and coalitions
2015 Julio Berdegué, Javier Escobal, Anthony Bebbington
This article summarizes the results of a research program conducted in 11 Latin America countries, addressing two questions: (1) what factors determine territorial development dynamics that lead to economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved income distribution? (2) What can be done to stimulate this kind of territorial dynamics? We highlight five “bundles of factors” that […]
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Gasto público en educación y distribución del ingreso en el Perú
1992
Las transferencias desde el presupuesto público vía el destino del gasto educativo por estratos socioeconómicos y su impacto en la mejora del ingreso familiar y modificación de la estructura distributiva peruana.
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Impacto de la política de precios y de crédito agrícola sobre la distribución del ingreso en el Perú: 1985-1990
1992Javier Escobal,
Se analiza la estrategia agrícola del gobierno aprista, desde el punto de vista de sus efectos redistributivos tomando como eje al programa PRESA que pretendió beneficiar a los estratos más pobres de la agricultura.
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La política de precios de los combustibles y la distribución del ingreso en el Perú: 1985-1990
1992
El presente documento evalúa los efectos sobre la distribución del ingreso de la política de precios e impuestos a los combustibles aplicada durante el periodo entre julio de 1985 y julio de 1990.
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Estrategia de crecimiento y reformas estructurales
1991Javier Escobal, , , ,
Este documento reúne cinco artículos de diverso carácter, todos referidos a un tema convergente y de reflexión: el crecimiento de mediano plazo de la economía peruana y sus requerimientos.
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Política económica y desarrollo del sistema financiero peruano, parte II: propuesta para una reforma y análisis de la nueva ley de bancos
1991
Se propone, sobre la problemática del sistema financiero, modificaciones en el entorno económico de las empresas financieras, y una participación activa del Estado en el control de las entidades crediticias.
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JournalDebate agrario
Indicadores de sostenibilidad para la agricultura andina
1995Manuel Glave, Javier Escobal,
El objetivo central de esta investigación es realizar un balance de los distintos enfoques que se han desarrollado para "medir" la sostenibilidad de los sistemas agrícolas de producción.
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JournalRevista Blanco y Negro
Teoría de las redes sociales y su importancia en los estudios de migración
1994Gerardo Damonte,
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JournalPretextos
El sector agrario ante el proceso de liberalización: posibilidades y limitaciones en una economía de mercado
1993Javier Escobal, Martin Valdivia,
Principales políticas agrarias desde el inicio del programa de liberalización, desempeño del sector agrario durante 1992 y marco conceptual de las fallas del mercado para describir la evolución de las reformas estructurales.
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JournalThe North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Mexican agriculture in a economy-wide policy: latitude for special treatment
1992, Martin Valdivia,
The paper analyzes the role of the agricultural sector in the process of liberalization of the Mexican economy.
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JournalSocialismo y participación
Precios, costos y desequilibrio monetario: la experiencia peruana 1981-1988
1990Javier Escobal,
Este artículo presenta una versión resumida del Documento de Trabajo 6.
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The determinants of labor allocation between farm and off-farm activities in rural Peru
International Symposium Proceedings, (15º: 1998 Nov. 29-Dec. 4: Pretoria, South Africa)1999Javier Escobal, , Jorge Aguero,
This document shows that the importance for the Peruvian rural sector of activities that go beyond on/farm agricultural tasks has increased substantially, at least during the last decade.
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Acceso al crédito en las economías rurales: diferencias entre el sector formal e informal en el Perú
Perú: el problema agrario en debate - SEPIA VI1996Martin Valdivia, ,
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Ajuste macroeconómico y distribución del ingreso en el Perú 1985-1994
¿Cómo estamos?: análisis de la encuesta de niveles de vida1996Javier Escobal, Jorge Aguero,
Se muestra una caída en el gasto global de los hogares en el Perú, durante el período de crisis y ajuste, menor a lo que las cifras agregadas sugieren y la evolución de la distribución del gasto.
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Administración pública y distribución del ingreso en Perú
Government spending and income distribution in Latin America1993, , Javier Escobal, ,
Versión en inglés del documento de los mismos autores titulado "Gestión pública y distribución de ingresos: tres estudios de caso para la economía peruana".
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La agricultura peruana en el contexto internacional
Perú, el problema agrario en debate: Seminario Permanente de Investigación Agraria, (4º: 1991 Ago. 20-23: Iquitos, Perú)1992Javier Escobal,
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Projects
- Evaluación de Impacto Económico, Social, Ambiental e Institucional del Programa de Caminos RuralesAugust 2006
- Sistema de Administración de TierrasAugust 2006
- Costos de Transacción y Arreglos Institucionales en la Comercialización de Productos de Pequeños Productores RuralesAugust 2006
- Consolidación del Registro Actualizado ENACO: análisis de la dinámica de compras de hoja de coca al productorJuly 2006
- Irrigation and rural development of the south cone: challenges and opportunites workshopJuly 2006
- Elaboración de Política de Tierras y Reubicación involuntaria específica para el Proyecto Las BambasMay 2006
- Diseño e Implementación de un Sistema de Reclamos (SR) para las comunidades y familias afectadas por el desarrollo del proyecto minero Las BambasMay 2006
- Seguimiento de las Actividades de Capacitación en Derechos sobre Recursos Naturales de las Comunidades CampesinasMay 2006
- Instrumentos de Compensación y Apoyo a la Agricultura FamiliarMay 2006
- Diseño de Políticas Regionales para el Desarrollo CajamarcaMay 2006
News
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RPP Noticias: Eduardo Zegarra on the reduction of the entry of fertilizers to Peru
April 14, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
RPP Noticias highlighted the opinion of our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra in the newspaper Gestión on the current shortage of fertilizers and its impact on the agricultural sector. “Per month the producers require at least 40,000 tons and they were only entering 5,000 tons per month and now it is zero, everything has stopped. Future […]
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TV Perú: Eduardo Zegarra’s on the VAT exemption for five foods
April 14, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“It is a measure with problems. One is that the reduction will not necessarily go to the final consumer. It is also quite regressive, because it favors those with greater purchasing power. It is better to make a program of direct economic support to families in poverty or in vulnerability, more or less 50% of […]
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Comment, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Eduardo Zegarra: Two urgent actions against the food crisis
April 8, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“The first (action) is to promote fertilizer imports, especially urea. There is already a deficit of more than 180,000 tons of fertilizers that could not be imported. If there is no more fertilizer in the coming weeks, Peruvian agriculture, especially commercial, is going to face a very serious crisis. Secondly, an immediate measure is needed […]
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Mauricio Espinoza in TV Peru: “A quarter of a million Peruvians who would have returned from the city to the countryside in 2020 alone”
February 18, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“Using different methods and sources of information, we arrived at a figure of a quarter of a million Peruvians who would have returned from the city to the countryside in 2020 alone. […] They are people who are in precarious situations and because of the restrictions of the pandemic were forced to return to their […]
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Mauricio Espinoza share his thoughts in Ojo Público on the crisis of milk producers in Peru
November 24, 2021 Rural development and agriculture
According to Mauricio Espinoza, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE, the main issue for the crisis of milk producers is the oligopsony of the livestock sector. A reportage from Ojo Público.
Events
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Manuel Glave joined the launch of the Work 4 Progress program in Peru
28/11/2018 Universidad Antonio Ruiz De Montoya (Av. Paso de los Andes 970, Pueblo Libre) Rural development and agriculture, Employment, productivity and innovation
Our senior researcher, Manuel Glave, joined the launch of the Work 4 Progress program in our country. The theme of th event was “The work we want: Social innovation in Peru”. The initiative aims to achieve the improvement of the individual and familiar income of women and young people of the Andean and Amazonian indigenous rural people through […]
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Eduardo Zegarra comentó la ponencia del ministro de Agricultura en el XX CONVEAGRO 2018
18/09/2018 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Auditorio de la Sociedad Nacional de Industrias (Av. Los Laureles N°365 San Isidro) Rural development and agriculture
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Mauricio Espinoza was a speaker at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists
28/09/2018 Vancouver, Canadá Rural development and agriculture
Mauricio Espinoza, adjunct researcher at GRADE, was a speaker at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held by the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) in Vancouver. Mauricio shared “Understanding heterogeneity in Peruvian agriculture: A meta-frontier approach to analyzing technical efficiency”, a study carried out together with Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, Ashwini […]
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GRADE’s International Conference ‘Territories and Development in Peru’
05/06/2018 → 06/06/2018 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) 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
GRADE’s International Conference on Territories and Development in Peru was held on 5-6 June, 2018. In this event we shared the findings of a research program that we have carried out over the last three years, due to the agreement between GRADE and the Think Tank Initiative managed by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Through this research program, […]
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Gerardo Damonte y Manuel Glave participan en el XXXVI Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos LASA 2018
23/05/2018 → 26/05/2018 Barcelona, España Rural development and agriculture, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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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
