Ricardo Fort Meyer
Senior Researcher
PhD in Economic Development - Wageningen University
rfort@grade.org.pe
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 rural areas as well as marginal urban neighborhoods in Peru and in several other countries.
In recent years he has been Visiting Researcher at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands and The University of Chicago in the United States. He is the author of several books and academic articles on these subjects and has worked as a consultant for institutions such as the World Bank, the United Nations, FAO, the Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, among others.
Publications
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The impact of social ties and third-party enforcement on collective action and growth: micro evidence from Peru
2019 Keefer Philip, Mauricio Espinoza, Álvaro Espinoza, Ricardo Fort
Exploiting a unique empirical setting, 1,000 vendors in 90 traditional food markets in Lima, researchers document that historic social ties among market founders are associated, decades later, with stricter formal (third party) enforcement of market rules, more collective action, and the greater resilience of market sales to the entry of modern supermarkets. Markets with stronger […]
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JournalAgriculture and Human Values
Does certification improve hired labour conditions and wageworker conditions at banana plantations?
2019 Fédes van Rijn, Ricardo Fort, Ruerd Ruben, Tinka Koster, Gonne Beekman
Certification of banana plantations is widely used as a device for protecting and improving socio-economic conditions of wageworkers, including their incomes, working conditions and—increasingly—voice [related to labour relations and workplace representation]. However, to date, evidence about the effectiveness of certification in these domains is scarce. Researchers collected detailed field data on (1) economic benefits for […]
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Infraestructura rural mínima para prosperar
2019 Ricardo Fort
This paper aims to discuss the main elements of a proposal for minimum or indispensable coverage of rural infrastructure to contribute to the prosperity of rural households in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Planning informality: Promoting a market of planned informal settlements
2018 Álvaro Espinoza, Ricardo Fort
About 30% of the population in developing countries live in informal urban settlements lacking adequate basic services, public spaces and urban equipment. The origin to most of these shortcomings can be traced to a single feature: the urban layout design.
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Communities and Spontaneous Urban Planning: A Toolkit for Urban Expansion. Project Summary
2018 Álvaro Espinoza, Ricardo Fort
Most urbanization processes around developing countries are happening either by rural-urban migration, as it happened in Lima 25 years ago, or by high paced vegetative population growth among second and third-generation migrants, as it is happening now in Lima—and either form exerts pressure on relatively weak public institutions. State-sponsored urban planning is often absent, so […]
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Projects
- Formulation of an effective support policy for the Agricultural Sector in South AmericaJune 2011 - December 2011
- Consolidation and training regarding supports for the Agricultural SectorSeptember 2010 - November 2011
- Study on the effects of Pisco certification in PeruNovember 2009 - April 2010
- Evaluación de impacto de proyectos financiados por CORDAIDJuly 2007
- Evaluación de impacto de las iniciativas de comercio justoJune 2007
Media
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Ricardo Fort in Canal N: Intervention in food markets to prevent the spread of COVID-19
May 12, 2020 Urbanization and sustainable cities
“The vast majority of Peruvian households buy their food in supply markets, more than 60% nationwide. That is why it is important to work with them. Not only close or move them, but understand the dynamics that occur inside in order to change the practices”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke with Verónica Linares of […]
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Comment, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Ricardo Fort in Ideeleradio: 10 measures to reduce crowds and contagions in the supply food markets
May 4, 2020 Urbanization and sustainable cities
“We need to reactivate neighborhood organizations to implement joint purchasing and delivery systems in neighborhoods […] We can strengthen community kitchens so that they can produce and distribute free menus in the most vulnerable areas.” Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, shared in Ideeleradio ten urgent measures to reduce crowds and contagions in the supply food markets. […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Propuesta de medidas para reducir aglomeraciones y contagios en los mercados de abastos
April 29, 2020
Por: Ricardo Fort y Alvaro Espinoza. Hace casi un mes, nuestro artículo sobre focos de contagio en Lima advirtió e identificó los principales mercados que podían convertirse en focos de contagio del COVID-19. Hoy sabemos que más del 20% de los comerciantes en el Mercado Caqueta están infectados con el virus. Aquí presentamos una lista de […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Por un Modelo Peruano: capital social para enfrentar la crisis
April 28, 2020 Urbanization and sustainable cities
El esfuerzo inicial del gobierno para enfrentar la crisis por la pandemia —cuarentena y asistencia social— va llegando inevitablemente a su fin. Sin embargo, el Perú no es ajeno a experiencias que han combinado muerte y recesión económica a gran escala. Nuestras respuestas ante estas crisis han construido un “Modelo Peruano” caracterizado por la organización […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
COVID-19: Fighting against the virus from the territory, by Ricardo Fort and Álvaro Espinoza
April 8, 2020 Urbanization and sustainable cities
“Prevention and control measures should be established for those geographical areas where the risks and consequences of the spread of the disease are greatest”. Read the new article by Ricardo Fort and Alvaro Espinoza for El Comercio. Our researchers explain their analysis to identify the supply centers located within the priority areas in Lima: those with the largest number […]
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Selected Publications
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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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