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Eduardo Zegarra: Two urgent actions against the food crisis
“The first (action) is to promote fertilizer imports, especially urea. There is already a deficit of more than 180,000 tons of fertilizers that could not be imported. If there is no more fertilizer in the coming weeks, Peruvian agriculture, especially commercial, is going to face a very serious crisis. Secondly, an immediate measure is needed […]
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Let’s put informality in lockers, by Hugo Ñopo
“When we say that informality in the country reaches 72% of workers, we are adding everyone, putting very different realities in the same bag. One part of this informality is fought with inspection, another part (in fact, the vast majority), no. Making the distinctions is important for designing better policies.” Read the latest article by […]
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Hugo Ñopo in Forbes Peru: the main gender gaps in the Peruvian labor market
The entry of women into “flexible” or part-time jobs occurs because they still mostly attend to domestic duties or within their homes. “The National Time Use Survey reveals that in a typical week, women have two fewer days to work. This implies a huge inequality of opportunity.” Read the comments of Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE […]
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Minimum wage: an ineffective instrument to redistribute income, by Miguel Jaramillo
“As an instrument to redistribute income to the least favored, the Minimum Vital Remuneration is not a potentially effective policy.” In this article from the Peruvian Institute of Economics (IPE), our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo shares evidence on the operation and effects of minimum wage policies in Peru.
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Being a Woman in Peru: Presentation and abstract, by Hugo Ñopo
“Inequality in access to resources generated by work is enormous: the salary mass generated by men doubles the salary mass generated by women, and this has changed very little in the last two decades.” Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, summarizes the chapters of his new book “Ser Mujer en el Perú” (written together with Josefina Miró Quesada) […]
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Alvaro Espinoza in Latina: decree grants property titles in risk areas
The Informal Property Formalization Agency (Cofopri) is preparing a decree that would grant property titles to owners of informal buildings located in risk areas. Our Adjunct Researcher Alvaro Espinoza analyzes this decree in the Latina report and maintains that “what this bill is doing is increasing the profitability of land traffickers even more.” See the full reportage here.
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Wilson Hernández in Latina: To ban motorcycles or not?
INEI data show that 40% of money, wallet or cell phone thefts are committed on a motorcycle. 30% of these robberies, in mototaxi. In some cities of Colombia they prohibited carrying a companion on a motorcycle or even the circulation of it. That study revealed that “in effect crime is reduced, but it is very […]
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Mauricio Espinoza in TV Peru: “A quarter of a million Peruvians who would have returned from the city to the countryside in 2020 alone”
“Using different methods and sources of information, we arrived at a figure of a quarter of a million Peruvians who would have returned from the city to the countryside in 2020 alone. […] They are people who are in precarious situations and because of the restrictions of the pandemic were forced to return to their […]
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University graduates and employment: Interview with Miguel Jaramillo in RPP’s Así somos
“The time for emergency employment has passed. A year ago, one could think of using temporary employment through public investment to generate more jobs. But what is needed now is that the engines of regular employment growth are put in place. Policies are needed to promote employment in the private sector. Unfortunately, none aim to […]
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2022 Young Lives Peru Virtual Methodological Workshop: registration is open
Registration is open for the 2022 Young Lives Peru Virtual Methodological Workshop. For two weeks, participants will learn tools and knowledge to access and analyze the databases of the longitudinal study. The workshop mixes the experience of a multidisciplinary team with the significance of nearly twenty years of fieldwork throughout Peru. KEY DATES Registration: from […]
