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The Peruvian labor market in 2024: no place for young people, by Miguel Jaramillo
“It seems incredible how little attention the issue of young people receives, when its possible consequences can already be glimpsed: those who can leave the country: those who cannot, turn to the ‘easy’ money of crime”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, writes about the decay of formal youth employment in Peru. Read the full article in […]
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Miguel Jaramillo comments on the dynamics of employment generation and economic growth expected for 2025
“There will be a first half of the year in which we continue with the momentum of the previous year, and a second stage more marked by the political context, where people are more reluctant to consume and investors are more reluctant to invest.” Our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo shares his opinion on the dynamics […]
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Álvaro Espinoza’s opinion on the housing shortage and challenges for access to formal housing in Peru
“Although the Techo Propio programme offers bonds to help families acquire housing, these bonds are conditioned to obtaining a mortgage loan, which is difficult in a country where more than 70% of the population works in the informal sector and is not considered creditworthy by banks”. Our Adjunct Researcher Álvaro Espinoza shares his thoughts on the challenges […]
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Vanessa Rojas is appointed Senior Investigator at GRADE
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Vanessa Rojas as GRADE’s Senior Researcher. Her work has focussed on the anthropology of education, addressing topics as educational transitions, childhood well-being, educational quality, power relations and childhood. She holds a PhD in Sociology and is a Lead Researcher for the qualitative component at Young Lives Peru. Congratulations Vanessa! Institutional […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the implications of the Chlimper Law. Via the Regional Communication Network
“Between 4000-5000 companies, for example, are under the agrarian regime, but only 150 receive more than 92% of the tax benefits of this rule. There is no benefit for family agriculture, which is often at the subsistence level, because it basically does not pay income tax”. Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, comments on the […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the new agrarian law. Via Caretas
Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, warns that “the new agrarian law approved by the Agrarian Commission of Congress could cost the State close to S/20,000 million in a period of ten years, from 2025 to 2035”. Read the complete article in Caretas here.
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Miguel Jaramillo on “underpaid” workers in the country. Via Gestión
According to Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, although in the informal sector almost everyone is underemployed due to income, “both in the formal and informal sectors there may be underemployed”. Read the full article in Diario Gestión for subscribers here.
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Congressmen want to change Pronabec’s scholarship distribution system. Carmela Chávez’s opinion
“This change in profile from a technical and meritocratic representation to a guild representation, of interested parties, generates many problems for transparency and accountability.” Our Associated Researcher Carmela Chávez shares her opinion on the legislative proposal that seeks to reconform the board of directors of Pronabec, as well as to modify the system of scholarships […]
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Eduardo Zegarra on Radio Nacional: “Piura’s agriculture cannot use water”.
“Right now, agriculture in Piura cannot use the water, which could lead to a rather complicated agricultural crisis. But it is not only that, but also the consumers themselves in Piura, Sullana and other cities would run out of water in the coming weeks.” Our senior researcher Eduardo Zegarra gave his opinion on the water […]
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25N: Some recent titles that address the issue of violence against women
In Peru, a little more than half of women (53.8%) were victims of psychological, physical or sexual violence by their partner at some time, according to the DHS 2023. Despite progress, the evidence to address this problem is still insufficient in our country. Several studies by our researchers have aimed to explore the multiple dimensions […]