Interview
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María Balarin joins podcast about the authorship of research work carried out by women
María Balarin, Senior Researcher at GRADE and member of Grupo Sofía, Carmen Velezmoro, Vice Chancelor of Research at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, and Gisella Orjeda, chair of the Association En Órbita, discuss the issues regarding the authorship of academic research work made by women. Podcast of Mujeres Que Transforman.
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Miguel Jaramillo addresses the state of labor informality in Peru
“The probability that a young person has a formal contract for an indefinite period of time is 2%. This is a serious problem. The most pertinent training for a young person is the one the firm gives him, but that occurrence has practically been cut. ” Our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, spoke with RPP Noticias […]
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Hugo Ñopo: “For the first time, the number of urban poor is above the number of rural poor”
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, explains in the new face of monetary poverty in Peru: “In 2017, for the first time, the number of urban poor is above the number of rural poor. (Although) the rate of rural poverty is higher than the urban poverty rate, there are many more people living in urban areas.” […]
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Hugo Ñopo: “It’s time to think about new mechanisms to fight poverty”
“The best social policy is employment: 80% of household income comes from employment, not from social policies. What is the best tool to get a job? A good education”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, was interviewed in Latina Noticias about the rise of monetary poverty to 21.7% in 2017.
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María Balarín on the presence and impact of women in science in Peru
María Balarin, senior researcher at GRADE, Carmen Velezmoro, vice-rector of research at the National Agrarian University La Molina, and Gisella Orjeda, former president of the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation, discuss the situation of women in science in the Peru and share with the initiative Women Transforming their experience: What macho expressions and attitudes […]
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Miguel Jaramillo gives his thoughts about the unemployment rate during the first quarter of 2018 in Metropolitan Lima
Between January and March 2018, the unemployment rate in Metropolitan Lima reached 8.1%, the highest level since the same period in 2012, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). According to Miguel Jaramillo, in an interview with RPP Noticias, the underlying factor is the weakness of the economy, which translates into a lower capacity […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts on the issues surrounding the strike of potato producers in Ideeleradio
“For more than two decades, there has been an absolute abandonment of family farming in Peru,” said Eduardo Zegarra in Ideeleradio about the strike of potato producers. Our senior researcher also explained that the challenges of potato cultivation can only be faced with strong and well-structured policies, such as a sowing information and management system […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Gestión: “The 2001 labor reform leads to very negative effects on workers”
Gestión highlights the findings from the study by Miguel Jaramillo, Julio Almonacid and Luciana de la Flor, “The desprotective effects of employment protection”, which addresses the impact of the ruling issued by the Constitutional Court in 2001 on decisions of the type of contract used in the Peruvian labor market and the workers’ well-being. According to Jaramillo: “In the […]
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MIDIS 4th Social Inclusion Week: Lorena Alcázar discussed The Lancet proposals for early childhood public policies
Our senior researcher, Lorena Alcázar, shared the main messages of The Lancet proposals for early childhood public policies discussed at the VI Social Inclusion Week (15-19 October), held by the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS): “A message is the relevance of investing in the early years of children, showing the cost of the effects of this group not achieving […]
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Hugo Ñopo: “Gender equity is not a ‘women issue'”
“It is often wrong to talk about gender as a ‘women issue’. First because equity is a moral issue, and second, for economic reasons. Productivity of the country is going to improve only to the extent that we use the full potential of our human capital”. Read El Comercio‘s interview to our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, on gender equity in […]
