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Partnership for Economic Policy highlights the contributions of Martín Valdivia as the founding director of its Latin American office
Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) highlights the contributions of Martín Valdivia, Senior Researcher at GRADE, whose leadership as the founding director of its Latin American office in Peru helped expand PEP initiatives and reputation in the region. Learn more about Martín Valdivia’s work and contributions to PEP here.
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#8M: Publicaciones de Acceso Abierto
En la sociedad peruana aún operan diversos mecanismos que han perpetuado inequidades sociales basadas en las diferencias de género y expresadas en las desiguales oportunidades de desarrollo que tienen hombres y mujeres en nuestro país. Esta forma de desigualdad tiene raíces estructurales que no solo se manifiestan en los planos sociales y económicos, sino también […]
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Access to reading in digital times, by Walter Alvarado from Crece Lee/Worldreader
The pandemic and the recent social crisis have highlighted the educational gaps in the country. Technology is presented as an opportunity to enhance access to knowledge. Walter Alvarado, regional director Peru/LATAM at Worldreader, writes about how digital technologies, with pedagogical and parental accompaniment, “can become an adequate solution to boost those aspects in which the […]
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Food prices: how to benefit producers and consumers, by Carolina Trivelli and Javier Escobal
“Consumers are the main victims of high prices. We all consume food and those who have less spend a higher percentage -almost half of their total expenditure- on food. Expensive food translates – in a situation of stagnant incomes – into hunger and severe restrictions on household consumption. High food prices have partially translated into […]
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An open letter from the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)
Nos dirigimos a la opinión pública para rechazar las graves acusaciones e insinuaciones propagadas recientemente, relacionadas con los estudios que GRADE ha realizado para el Ministerio de Educación en los últimos años.
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The Reform Agrarian versus children, by Roxana Barrantes and Ricardo Fort
“We found was a negative and persistent effect over time of the Agrarian Reform on children’s years of schooling in higher-affected districts, due, in good measure, to the particular type of reform that was implemented in Peru.” In their new article for Jugo de Caigua, Roxana Barrantes (IEP) and Ricardo Fort (GRADE) write about the […]
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Migraciones in pandemic. GRADE Conversa 17 featuring Mauricio Espinoza.
Peru has been one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic in the world. Due to the health crisis, in March 2020 the government established a compulsory confinement that caused the paralysis of several economic sectors and a historic increase in the unemployment rate. Despite the vouchers provided, households that depended on the informal […]
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The Agrarian Reform versus the Shining Path, by Roxana Barrantes and Ricardo Fort
“This research gives suport to those who usually affirm that, if it had not been for the Agrarian Reform, the Shining Path would have been able to come to power. However, it is also possible to give respond to other economic and social effects, where the results are not encouraging”. New op-ed by Roxana Barrantes (IEP) and Ricardo Fort (GRADE) via Jugo de Caigua. […]
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GRADE joins an IDRC’s project on regenerative and inclusive agri-food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
GRADE is part of a new IDRC’s project on how to accelerate the transition to regenerative and inclusive agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the face of the vulnerability of natural ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean, and their impact on food security and livelihoods, an innovative business approach has emerged that […]
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Agencia Andina highlights study by Niños del Milenio on the impact of JUNTOS on fundamental cognitive skills
Agencia de Noticias Andina highlighted the findings of a recent study by Douglas Scott, Jennifer López, Alan Sánchez y Jere Behrman, that explores the relevance of the age of initial exposure to the JUNTOS program in the development of a set of fundamental cognitive skills. Using longitudinal data from Young Lives Peru, Scott et al. (2022) study […]
