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Labor Day: How to reduce job insecurity in Peru?
Forced labor is not only labor without a contract. There has to be the exercise of violence against these people, so that they can effectively do the job. They have mobility restrictions. They can be locked up in a certain area. In general, there is a set of actions that subvert their individual freedom”. Miguel […]
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Peruvian labor market: less productive, less equitable and more precarious, by Miguel Jaramillo
“We have a less productive, more inequitable labor market –with a greater gap between formal and informal– and more precarious. Today this market has less access to social benefits and the protection of the law.” In his new op-ed for Forbes Peru, our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo reviews how Peru’s response to the pandemic and current labor […]
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More noise than nuts in the labor tree, by Hugo Ñopo
“It is difficult to make precise estimates of the expected impacts of the new Labor Code, but I dare to anticipate that they will not be very large. As happened with the VAT reduction regulations that were recently passed, there is more noise here than nuts. This is very bad news, because we will continue […]
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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 Canal N about the second agrarian reform fostered by the Government
“The announcement of giving additional tax exemptions to the agro-export sector is the complete opposite of the second agrarian reform approach, which is rather oriented towards the majority family farming in the country. It is understood that the agro-export sector already has enough benefits and, more efforts must be directed towards this sector (family farming). […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in La República: “The agrarian reform is about to become an unfulfilled promise”
“The government is in a very serious problem, without urea, the next agricultural campaign will be a total failure and there will be a drop in production that could reach 30%. […] One of the proposals of the second agrarian reform is to build national capacity to produce fertilizers”. Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE and […]
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María Balarin and María Fernanda Rodríguez are part of an upcoming report on how education in emergencies, done properly, builds peace
Our researchers María Balarin and María Fernanda Rodríguez have been part of the preparation of a report exploring the obstacles and opportunities for education’s engagement with peace. The document will soon be launched by the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies. The report presents a framework to help analyze and recognize the impact of historical, epistemic, […]
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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 […]
