Gerardo Damonte Valencia (on leave)
Senior Researcher
PhD in Anthropology - Cornell University
gdamonte@grade.org.pe
Gerardo Damonte Valencia has an MA and PhD in Anthropology from Cornell University. He carries out research in the field of natural resources at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) (currently on leave) along with his teaching position in the Department of Political Sciences at the Pontifical Catholic University in Peru.
Gerardo leads projects in three interrelated fields: extractive industries and rural society; local knowledge and climate change; and territories and social movements. The geographical focus of his work is Latin America, and in particular the Central Andes region.
Among his publications are “The Constitution of Political Actors: Peasant Communities and Mobilization in Bolivian and Peruvian Andes” (2008), as well as various articles on the social impacts of extractive development in the Andes
Publications
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JournalWater International
Hydrosocial territories, agro-export and water scarcity: capitalist territorial transformations and water governance in Peru’s coastal valleys
2019 Gerardo Damonte, Rutgerd Boelens
In recent decades, an agro-export boom has deeply transformed Peru’s coastal valleys, resulting in dramatic territorial changes and social inequality in the Ica Valley. This article explains how politico-economic and socio-institutional forces have triggered the emergence of a new ‘hydrosocial territory’, transforming the Ica Valley into a virtual-water extraction zone that produces luxury export crops […]
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JournalNomadic Peoples
Land tenure and the sustainability of pastoral production systems: a comparative analysis of the Andean Altiplano and the East African savannah
2019 Gerardo Damonte, Tim Njagi, Lilian Kirimi, Manuel Glave, Sandra Rodríguez
Pastoral communities are facing mounting pressure on their livelihoods due to misconceptions about pastoralism and global trends including population growth and climate change. In this context, this article seeks to establish a correlation between pastoral land tenure systems and the sustainability of pastoralism as a production system. Using a comparative approach, researchers develop a taxonomy to first […]
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Crecimiento, desigualdad y los retos para la sostenibilidad en un escenario post-boom en la región andina
2018 Gerardo Damonte, Bettina Schorr, Iván Velásquez
El progreso en términos de desarrollo humano, i.e. la mejora de indicadores de educación, salud e ingresos económicos, ha sido extremadamente lento en los países de la región andina. Sin embargo, en las últimas dos décadas (desde el comienzo del año 2000) la región experimentó una fase de auge económico resultante de un boom en […]
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JournalDevelopment and Change
Mining Formalization at the Margins of the State: Small‐scale Miners and State Governance in the Peruvian Amazon
2018 Gerardo Damonte
This article analyses the Peruvian government’s quest to formalize small‐scale mining in the Amazon as a political process which shows how state governance problems are reproduced in the margins of the state. It asks why the central state is unable to govern mining activities in the Madre de Dios region, and examines how small‐scale miners […]
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¿Protección social adaptativa? Desafío para la política en el Perú
2018 Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave, Karla Vergara, Rafael Barrio de Mendoza
Peru is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In response, the Peruvian government has designed and implemented early warning and adaptation programs. However, climate change policy can be improved through the integration of social protection programs with climate change prevention and adaptation programs. This policy is known as adaptive […]
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Oil industry investment policies
2011 Gerardo Damonte
This Brief presents a concise overview of the context of the Latin American (LA) oil industry and its performance.
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Gas sector investment policy: the Latin American experience
2011 Gerardo Damonte
This brief presents a concise overview of the Latin American (LA) gas industry, focusing on its policy experience and performance.
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CCT Programmes: An Overview of the Latin American Experience
2011 Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave
This guide provides an overview to CCT programmes in Latin America, including their history, objectives and use, evidence of their impact, and finally, the main lessons coming out of Latin America that can be useful for policymakers considering implementing CCTs in their own countries.
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El esquivo desarrollo social en las localidades mineras / ¿Tiene algún efecto la titulación de tierras en la inversión agrícola?
2008 Gerardo 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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Presentations
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Políticas de protección social adaptativa frente al Cambio Climático. Lecciones desde la Mancomunidad de Tres Cuencas, Ancash
GRADE, 13 July, 2017
Taller de presentación de resultados finales
Selected Publications
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The Evolution of Collective Land Tenure Regimes in Pastoralist Societies: Lessons From Andean Countries
2016 Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave, Sandra Rodríguez, Andrea Ramos
