State Reform and Public Institutions
GRADE researchers develop a series of studies and evaluations into the workings of factor markets, the justice system, the development of micro-enterprises, decision-making processes, and regional and local policy. Within this area analysis is also conducted into market structures, regulatory frameworks, pricing policy and policy relating to technological innovation.
Senior Researchers
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Lorena Alcázar Valdivia
PhD en Economics - Washington University
Lorena has a BA in Economics from the Pacific University in Peru, a Master’s Degree in Political and International Economy from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, and a PhD in Economics from Washington University. She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). Previously, she served as Vice-President […]
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Miguel Jaramillo Baanante
PhD en History - University of California
Miguel Jaramillo has a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He completed his graduate studies in Economics and History at the University of California, where he received a PhD in History. His areas of interests are labor economics, social policy and institutional analysis. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. […]
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Máximo Torero Cullen (de licencia)
PhD en Economics - University of California, Los Angeles
Maximo received a PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Economics and held a postdoctoral fellow position at the UCLA Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR). Currently, he is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Prior to joining FAO, he was the World Bank Group Executive Director for […]
Associated Researchers
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Juana Kuramoto Huamán (on leave)
PhD candidate en Innovation & Technology - Maastricht University
Juana Kuramoto received a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University Carnegie Mellon in 1995. She is currently studying for a PhD in Policy Studies and Technological Change at the University of Maastricht and is an Associate Researcher at GRADE. Her fields of interest are technological innovation, scientific and technological policy, and mining. She […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Jessica Tapia Soriano
Master en - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Jessica holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and the Pedagogical Coordinator of the Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER) Project.
Publications
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Gestión pública y servicio civil. Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-2026.
Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-20262022 Mayen Ugarte, Alberto Cajavilca
El estudio analiza las investigaciones realizadas entre el 2016 y 2021 en torno a la modernización de la gestión pública y el servicio civil, los cuales se acotaron a seis temáticas tras la revisión normativa. Se revisaron un total de 145 documentos de autores nacionales e internacionales, de los cuales el 44 % correspondían a […]
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Seguridad ciudadana. Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-2026.
Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-20262022 Rosa Loureiro, Wilson Hernández
Solo recientemente, la seguridad ciudadana ha sido desplazada por la corrupción como principal problema percibido, siendo que dicha percepción se alimenta de miedos objetivos y subjetivos, hechos delictivos, violencia y otros fenómenos sociales. En este sentido, producir un balance y agenda en seguridad ciudadana requiere un mínimo de contexto sobre la violencia y la criminalidad […]
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JournalEnergy for Sustainable Development
Energy saving behaviours of middle class households in Ghana, Peru and the Philippines
2022 Babette Never, Sascha Kuhn, Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel, Jose Ramon Albert, Sebastian Gsell, Miguel Jaramillo, Bernardin Sendaza
Demand-side management of energy seeks to foster energy efficiency investments and curtailment behaviour in households. The role of environmental concern and knowledge for both types of energy saving behaviour has hardly been investigated in middle income countries with growing middle classes and rising electricity demand. Drawing on unique household survey data from Ghana, Peru and […]
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Policies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Miguel Jaramillo, kristian López Vargas
An analysis of the policies taken in Peru to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The dynamics of the Peruvian labor market: job creation and destruction and destruction of jobs and worker flows
2020 Miguel Jaramillo, Daniela Campos
Peruvian labor analysis has focused mainly on its static dimension. Thus, the focus has been on indicators such as the number of jobs generated; unemployment, occupation or participation rates; job allocation by sector or formality, of unemployment, occupation or participation; the allocation of work according to sectors or formality condition. These indicators provide a view […]
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Social Interactions and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay: The Role of Urbanization Patterns on the Effectiveness of GOVT Campaigns
2018
Los autores utilizan un experimento de campo para evaluar el impacto de dos campañas informativas “sacar el voto” (get-out-the-vote) para impulsar la participación electoral femenina en Paraguay. Encuentran que las campañas públicas no tuvieron ningún efecto ni en la probabilidad de registro ni en la participación de los votantes en las elecciones presidenciales de 2013. […]
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Diagnosis on the situation and potential of irrigation sector in Nicaragua
2016Eduardo Zegarra, ,
Nicaragua ha tenido una importante expansión de la superficie provista para riego en las últimas dos décadas. No obstante, la superficie irrigada ha tenido una importancia limitada y fluctuante en las últimas cinco décadas, llegando a cubrir entre un mínimo de 1% (a principios de los 1960s y 1990s) y un máximo 6% (fines de los 1980s y en […]
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El gasto público en infancia y niñez en América Latina y el Caribe ¿Cuánto y cuán efectivo?
2016Lorena Alcazar, Alan Sanchez,
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Las múltiples formas y efectos de la participación del sector privado en la educación
2015Maria Balarin,
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La gestión educativa descentralizada en el Perú y el desarrollo de las funciones educativas de los gobiernos regionales: el caso de Ica
2013Nestor Valdivia,
Los desafíos que enfrenta la descentralización educativa en las regiones, analizando el funcionamiento y problemas de gestión de las Gerencias de Desarrollo Social y Direcciones Regionales de Educación a partir del análisis de un caso.
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JournalEnergy for Sustainable Development
Energy saving behaviours of middle class households in Ghana, Peru and the Philippines
2022
Demand-side management of energy seeks to foster energy efficiency investments and curtailment behaviour in households. The role of environmental concern and knowledge for both types of energy saving behaviour has hardly been investigated in middle income countries with growing middle classes and rising electricity demand. Drawing on unique household survey data from Ghana, Peru and […]
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JournalPan American Journal of Public Health
Equity in health and health care in Peru, 2004-2008
2013, Martin Valdivia, , ,
Este estudio evalúa si las recientes tendencias económicas positivas y las políticas de salud pro-pobres han logrado mayor equidad en la salud, y explora los factores claves que explican este cambio.
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JournalInternational Journal of Educational Development
The changing role of international cooperation in developing countries (as they develop): A case study of skills development policies in Peru.
2012Miguel Jaramillo,
A focus on the changes in the relationship between international cooperation and local actors in the skills development field in Peru as the country strengthened its financial position in the last two decades allows us to examine the role of the economic factor in these changes.
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JournalRevista Peruana de Investigación Educativa
Descentralización funcional y presupuestal de la educación pública en el Perú: un balance de avances y desafíos
2011Lorena Alcazar, Nestor Valdivia,
Un diagnóstico de la gestión presupuestal de la educación pública en un contexto de descentralización política que ha implicado la transferencia de competencias y funciones educativas a los gobiernos subnacionales.
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Gestión pública y servicio civil. Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-2026.
Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-20262022
El estudio analiza las investigaciones realizadas entre el 2016 y 2021 en torno a la modernización de la gestión pública y el servicio civil, los cuales se acotaron a seis temáticas tras la revisión normativa. Se revisaron un total de 145 documentos de autores nacionales e internacionales, de los cuales el 44 % correspondían a […]
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Seguridad ciudadana. Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-2026.
Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-20262022
Solo recientemente, la seguridad ciudadana ha sido desplazada por la corrupción como principal problema percibido, siendo que dicha percepción se alimenta de miedos objetivos y subjetivos, hechos delictivos, violencia y otros fenómenos sociales. En este sentido, producir un balance y agenda en seguridad ciudadana requiere un mínimo de contexto sobre la violencia y la criminalidad […]
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Does participatory budgeting have an effect on the quality of public services? The case of Perú´s water and sanitation sector
Improving access and quality of public services in Latin America: To Govern and To Serve2017
This chapter presents a discussion of the effects of participatory budgeting (PB) on coverage and quality of public services in Peru. Using econometric techniques, the authors analyze the link from PB to coverage and water service quality indicators, showing that there is no evidence of a positive relationship. In effect, they do not find a […]
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Determinantes de la fragmentación de la inversión pública urbana: evidencia empírica en los barrios populares de Lima
Otro urbanismo para Lima: más allá del mejoramiento de barrios2017
El artículo presenta una investigación empírica que analiza los factores sociales, políticos y administrativos que disminuyen la eficiencia y eficacia del Sistema Nacional de Inversión Pública (SNIP), lo cual tiene como consecuencia el alcance limitado y la inadecuada priorización de las obras públicas en los asentamientos humanos.
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Instituciones, normas sociales y comportamiento
Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances2016
Are institutions having the effect that we intended? In recent years, the economics literature has revealed the role that incentives and non-material motivations play in affecting the behavior of economic agents. While some actions are performed due to their intrinsic value, some are carried out because of the information they convey about the actor, and […]
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Apego al terruño: La geografía de los mercados laborales de docentes
2015Miguel Jaramillo,
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¿Tiene el presupuesto participativo algún impacto en la calidad de los servicios públicos? El caso del sector del agua y saneamiento
2013Miguel Jaramillo, Lorena Alcazar,
El efecto de la participación ciudadana en las decisiones presupuestarias sobre la calidad del servicio público a través del análisis del vínculo entre el PP e indicadores de cobertura y calidad del servicio de agua y saneamiento en el Perú
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Las políticas públicas de protección infantil: Una mirada a las DEMUNA
2012,
Se discute la relevancia de la creación de la Defensoría Municipal del Niño y Adolescente (DEMUNA) en el contexto social peruano, y analiza el servicio sobre la base de las percepciones de un grupo de jóvenes con acceso a este programa.
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¿Derecho vulnerado?: gratuidad de la educación pública, contribuciones económicas familiares y equidad / La medición de la calidad de vida en Lima Metropolitana
2008Martín Benavides, ,
¿Derecho vulnerado?: gratuidad de la educación pública, contribuciones económicas familiares y equidad / La medición de la calidad de vi
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El esquivo desarrollo social en las localidades mineras / ¿Tiene algún efecto la titulación de tierras en la inversión agrícola?
2008Gerardo Damonte, Ricardo Fort,
El esquivo desarrollo social en las localidades mineras / ¿Tiene algún efecto la titulación de tierras en la inversión agrícolas?
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The dynamics of the Peruvian labor market: job creation and destruction and destruction of jobs and worker flows
2020
Peruvian labor analysis has focused mainly on its static dimension. Thus, the focus has been on indicators such as the number of jobs generated; unemployment, occupation or participation rates; job allocation by sector or formality, of unemployment, occupation or participation; the allocation of work according to sectors or formality condition. These indicators provide a view […]
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Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances
2016
Este libro recoge los once balances de investigación presentados en la conferencia Avances Recientes en la Investigación y Políticas para el Desarrollo, organizada en el marco del 35 aniversario del Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE). Los textos de esta publicación buscan continuar satisfaciendo la demanda de conocimiento dirigida a sostener un debate más […]
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Towards an inclusive and sustainable development in Latin America: dialogue between research and public policies
2016
Esta publicación es resultado del seminario internacional Hacia un Desarrollo Inclusivo y Sostenible en América Latina: Diálogos entre Investigación y Políticas Públicas, organizado por el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) y el Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), el 25 y 26 de junio de 2014. Representa un esfuerzo de recopilación de lo más relevante y valioso […]
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Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación de los avances del programa Haku Wiñay
2016Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce,
El objetivo de este volumen es proveer evidencia rigurosa de los impactos iniciales que ha tenido el proyecto Mi Chacra Emprendedora-Haku Wiñay en una muestra representativa de sus ámbitos de intervención en la sierra rural. El primer capítulo del libro sitúa el proyecto en el marco de las intervenciones que combinan programas de fomento productivo […]
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Policies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
An analysis of the policies taken in Peru to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Descentralización funcional y presupuestal de la educación pública en el Perú: un balance de avances y desafíos
2011Lorena Alcazar, Nestor Valdivia,
Un diagnóstico de la gestión presupuestal de la educación pública en un contexto de descentralización política que ha implicado la transferencia de competencias y funciones educati
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Projects
- Study of the economic, social and environmental impact on the segment that progressively builds in urban PeruMarch 2024
- Systematization of the strategy of the Better Attention to Citizens – MAC platform.April 2023
- Preparation of the Strategy and Sustainability Plan for the Foreign Trade Single Window (SW) and the Solutions developed by the Project for the Improvement of Foreign Trade Facilitation Services through the Single Window (SW 2.0), Second Stage.April 2023
- Characterization and quantification of the process of self-construction of housing in Peru.October 2022
- Anti-Corruption Laboratory IIAugust 2021
- Vertical structure of local tax administration in Latin America – A case study of PeruJuly 2021
- Specialized service for the development of a conceptual framework on control and the denaturalization of control in the work of Public ManagementOctober 2020
- Anti-Corruption Laboratory ISeptember 2019
- Preparation of the Proposal of the National Employment Service Attention ModelAugust 2019
- Development of an institutional diagnosis that facilitates decision making within OSINERGMINAugust 2019
News
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International Day of the Girl: selection of recent free access titles
October 11, 2024 Education and learning, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, State reform and public institutions
Las experiencias de las niñas en sus propias vidas muestran la importancia de proporcionar entornos seguros, no violentos, inclusivos y eficaces hacia un futuro en el que puedan desarrollar todo su potencial. En el Día Internacional de la Niña, compartimos algunos títulos recientes de nuestras investigadores e investigadores. Varios de estos estudios muestran que, a […]
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Manuel Glave and the Ministry of Infrastructure: “A reform of the State cannot be achieved merely by merging 13 entities”
August 12, 2024 State reform and public institutions
“A reform of the State cannot be achieved merely by merging 13 entities. […] In fact, a comprehensive State reform is needed that addresses differentiated changes in each sector”. Our Senior Researcher Manuel Glave talked to AméricaEconomía magazine about the risks of creating an Ministry of Infrastructure in Peru.
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Roxana Barrantes, with the collaboration of Javier Escobal, proposes a reform of the INEI. Via Jugo.
May 20, 2024 State reform and public institutions
“The INEI should perform as a data center for public management and centralize the various entities that currently provide data” The recent op-ed by Roxana Barrantes, senior researcher at IEP, with the collaboration of our senior researcher Javier Escobal, shares a proposal to reform the National Institute of Stadistics and Informatics (INEI) Via Jugo de Caigua. […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts in RPP Noticias about food items that would be exempt from VAT
April 11, 2022 State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
“The most serious thing has not been to include the pheasant or some other elements that are quite ridiculous, but to extend the rule until December 31 and include a VAT and tax credit refund mechanism that could involve very complicated tax fraud problems” . Listen to the opinion of our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra on […]
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Hugo Ñopo in Americas Quaterly: Peru and the accession process to OECD
February 3, 2022 State reform and public institutions
“Conceiving and implementing such an ambitious reform agenda not just as the policy of a given administration, but as a central policy of state, will be a challenge. But the need to protect the OECD process from changes in the political climate may also help strengthen it by establishing it as an accepted part of […]
Events
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Ricardo Fort joins a IDB forum on decentralization and fiscal management in Latin America and the Caribbean
21/03/2023 7:00 (hora Perú) Brasilia, Brasil State reform and public institutions
Ricardo Fort, Senior Researcher at GRADE, joins the 5th International Forum of the Inter-American Development Bank’s Network on Decentralization and Subnational Fiscal Management in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event, held in Brasilia, promotes dialogue for the generation of a possible agenda on decentralization and subnational fiscal management for Latin America and the Caribbean, with […]
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Integrity Week 2022: UNDP Peru and GRADE organize panel on innovation and evidence generation for the prevention and fight against corruption
06/12/2022 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Zoom State reform and public institutions
UNDP Peru and GRADE invite you to the panel “New spaces for innovation and generation of evidence for the prevention and fight against corruption”, in the framework of Integrity Week 2022 organized by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. This panel will share innovative initiatives for the generation of evidence to improve the results […]
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Miguel Jaramillo and Kristian López will be joining the CSIC and UPCH Conference-Dialogue Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons from COVID-19
05/11/2022 → 06/11/2022 Modalidad híbrida. Campus UPCH La Molina y Zoom. State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is appropriate to give special space to considerations relevant to the present and possible future pandemics. This, in light of the mistakes and successes in public health, communication and economy, at local, national and global levels. The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) of Spain and the […]
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GRADE on live, Publication Presentation, Webinar
GRADE 40 years | Book Launch “El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar”
01/09/2022 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Zoom de GRADE 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, Urbanization and sustainable cities
El Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) organizes the launch of the book “El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar” (The Pending Peru: essays for a development with well-being), as part of the commemorative celebration for its forty years of institutional life. The book is a collection of essays that, from different conceptual and […]
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ACIL: Setting collaboration spaces for fight against corruption
16/12/2021 9:00 am - 11:20 am Zoom de GRADE State reform and public institutions
El Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) tienen el agrado de invitarle al segundo evento virtual del Laboratorio de Innovación para la Lucha Anticorrupción en Perú (ACIL, por sus siglas en inglés) que se llevará a cabo el 16 de diciembre de 2021, de […]
- 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
