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Miguel Jaramillo and Hugo Ñopo joined an IPE event on the economic impact of the new labor code
“One of the most worrying things is the new regulations on fixed-term contracts. We have about two and a half million people, about half of the formal salaried PEA, who have temporary contracts. […] What will happen to them the day after this rule is approved? Will they be hired in the black, will they […]
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Eduardo Zegarra: “There is already a high risk that Peru will run out of fertilizers in the next three months”
“There is already a high risk that Peru will run out of fertilizers in the next three months”, said Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, in a Nativa reportage on the risk of a food crisis due to the shortage of this product.
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Patricia Arregui in Exitosa Noticias: If distancing is eliminated in schools, it is necessary to ensure other measures
“If distancing is eliminated in schools, the other measures are necessary: the mask, ventilation, and that the entities that supervise ensure that the goals of vaccination, ventilation and use of a mask are met. Another thing that we The concern is that the authorization for healthy and healthy food kiosks to operate, as well as […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in RPP News: demands around the second agrarian reform
“The ministry is dedicated to things that do not really prioritize the family farming agenda. Among them, an alleged unlocking of the Chavimochic project, which is highly controversial, and a first approach by the minister saying that it will be a priority of his management to grant new exonerations for the agro-export sector. All this […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in Sudaca Peru: social mobilization for the agrarian strike
“After the pandemic, a new problem has hit the agricultural sector even more: the sharp increase in the price of fertilizers. First the price of urea doubled, then it tripled, and we are currently in a serious problem of shortages [… ] Peru imports 100% of the urea. We do not produce it internally. This […]
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Eduardo Zegarra joined a session on proposals for the economic crisis held by congressmen Flor Pablo and Carlos Anderson
“There is no government structure and institutions that allow coherent responses and strategies to be coordinated in the face of food insecurity. This crisis has worsened over the last two months, where the prices of imported food have skyrocketed again. […] Peru it has not developed a capacity to meet its basic food needs and […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Sudaca Perú: What is going on in the labour sector?
“What this bill does is make formal hiring more expensive. It will be more difficult for the most productive companies to hire more workers. There’s not much to look forward to in terms of productivity gains. The only beneficiaries of this code are workers who have a permanent contract and, particularly, unionized workers. [However] unionization […]
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Eduardo Zegarra on water management in Peru: a case study of the Ica Valley
“El estudio apunta a entender el vínculo entre el agua, la alimentación y la energía en un espacio específico en el que hay varios problemas con el uso del agua. Uno de los principales problemas es que la agricultura en el Valle de Ica básicamente usa el agua del acuífero. Hay evidencia de que el […]
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TV Perú: Eduardo Zegarra’s on the VAT exemption for five foods
“It is a measure with problems. One is that the reduction will not necessarily go to the final consumer. It is also quite regressive, because it favors those with greater purchasing power. It is better to make a program of direct economic support to families in poverty or in vulnerability, more or less 50% of […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts in RPP Noticias about food items that would be exempt from VAT
“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 […]
