Opinion Article
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Food prices: how to benefit producers and consumers, by Carolina Trivelli and Javier Escobal
“Consumers are the main victims of high prices. We all consume food and those who have less spend a higher percentage -almost half of their total expenditure- on food. Expensive food translates – in a situation of stagnant incomes – into hunger and severe restrictions on household consumption. High food prices have partially translated into […]
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The Reform Agrarian versus children, by Roxana Barrantes and Ricardo Fort
“We found was a negative and persistent effect over time of the Agrarian Reform on children’s years of schooling in higher-affected districts, due, in good measure, to the particular type of reform that was implemented in Peru.” In their new article for Jugo de Caigua, Roxana Barrantes (IEP) and Ricardo Fort (GRADE) write about the […]
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The Agrarian Reform versus the Shining Path, by Roxana Barrantes and Ricardo Fort
“This research gives suport to those who usually affirm that, if it had not been for the Agrarian Reform, the Shining Path would have been able to come to power. However, it is also possible to give respond to other economic and social effects, where the results are not encouraging”. New op-ed by Roxana Barrantes (IEP) and Ricardo Fort (GRADE) via Jugo de Caigua. […]
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El mercado laboral del 2022: persisten los déficits estructurales
“Formal employment grew in all age groups, but particularly among the youngest, and at all educational levels, although more so among people with completed secondary school and higher education, where the bulk of the labor force is concentrated. It also grew more among men than women”. Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, writes in El […]
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The half that is still far away, by Miguel Jaramillo
“As long as half of our population does not come close to reaching their productive potential, talk of development will continue to be a quimera”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, writes in Jugo de Caigua about the gaps between men and women in the labor market.
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Ed Tech in Peru: If You Build It, They Might Come (But Probably Not), by Santiago Cueto
“Though so far technology in education has not yet lived up to its promise, we believe that continuing in a process of experimentation and evaluation could help in our quest of finding specific models of using technology that can produce high impacts on learning in a cost-effective way”. Santiago Cueto, Senior Researcher at GRADE, explores […]
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Labour market in 2022: following the same path, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The number of people in informal employment continues breaking historical records for the country, having reached 9.77 million in the second quarter of the year. On the other hand, the number of formal workers, 4.03 million, remains lower than any point in the last 8 years”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, writes about the […]
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The agrarian crisis and Castillo’s goverment, by Eduardo Zegarra
“The announced second agrarian reform, initially thought of as a proposal for profound changes in the way of governing to guide comprehensive policies and budget resources towards the forgotten family farming, has become a slogan almost devoid of any concrete content”. Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra writes about the agrarian crisis and the challenges facing the new minister of agriculture Jenny Ocampo. […]
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Instrumental learning in the returning to school classes, by Santiago Cueto
“One cannot universally hierarchize learning into, for example, fundamental and secondary (or non-fundamental). Instead, I think it can be argued that learning in reading and mathematics is instrumental for learning in other areas and throughtout life”. Santiago Cueto, Senior Researcher at GRADE, shares his thoughts on learning recovery initiatives focused on reading and mathematics. His article includes a video of the seminar […]
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Labor informality aggravates social gaps in Peru, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The gaps between formal and informal workers are the main factor behind youth labor inequality. Young people who work in the informal sector earn on average 40% less than those who have a formal job. […] The evidence suggests that it makes sense to invest in improving the first labor experiences of young people”. Miguel Jaramillo, […]
