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Curso online Fundamentos para el diseño y evaluación de programas sociales 2021
Los interesados podrán inscribirse hasta el jueves 15 de julio de 2021 completando el formulario de inscripción y enviando la copia del DNI y el voucher de pago al correo electrónico de la coordinación del curso. El curso online iniciará el lunes 19 de julio de 2021 y durará 10 semanas. Descarga el PÓSTER con la información básica del curso aquí. […]
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Ricardo Fort’s opinion in América Economía on the economic challenges of the next Peruvian goverment
“There is very little criteria for territorial planning and distribution of public investment. The investment system that dates back to the 90s looks at project by project and not the whole. They carry out isolated projects that are not connected to each other. There is no connection between the sectors. and between the levels of government. […]
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GRADE and Southern Voice join the CORE Initiative COVID-19 Responses for Equity
GRADE join CORE COVID-19 Responses for Equity, an initiative gathering 21 projects from 42 countries that seeks to understand the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic, improve existing responses, and generate better policy options for recovery. Together with Southern Voice, our centre takes part with a project that focuses on how to achieve sustainable and gender inclusive improvements in food […]
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Why have we had such poor health results in the face of COVID-19 ?, by Miguel Jaramillo and Kristian López
“The most lethal error of the first months of the pandemic was one made up of economics and epidemiology: the poor determination of the social value of the massification of diagnostic tests and contact tracing.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, and Kristian López, director of LEEPS Laboratory, characterize the poor performance of the COVID ー […]
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International Potato Day: Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the 2020 agrarian poverty figures reported by INEI
Regarding the agrarian poverty figures reported by the National Household Survey (ENAHO) 2020 of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, explains the problem of overproduction and dependence on industry food importation of inputs. Article of Convoca on the sidelines of the International Potato Day.
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What to change and what to keep ?, by Hugo Ñopo
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, gathered the opinion of 23 Peruvian economists on what should and should not change in the country’s economy in the next five years. Topics such as social protection, taxation, labor formality, macroeconomic management, free trade, private investment, social programs, educational policies, among others, were addressed. Read his new article in […]
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GRADE’s study is highlighted in an RPP Noticias article on school dropout
“… the characteristics of students who have dropped out of school or who are at risk of doing so are having repeated a grade one or more times, being in a situation of poverty or extreme poverty, showing low educational performance and belonging to an indigenous group “. The website of Radio Programas del Peru highlights […]
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Hugo Ñopo has been appointed as member of CONCYTEC’s High-level Committee on COVID-19
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, has been appointed member of the High Level Committee on COVID-19 of the National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC). In accordance with the Presidency Resolution No. 045-2021-CONCYTEC-P, this committee will be in charge of preparing a report that analyzes Peru’s performance in treating the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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The poor is not foolish, stop foolishness, by Hugo Ñopo
“Poverty and vulnerability hit the immediate quality of life very hard, but as or more important is the limitation that this imposes on decision-making for the future. It is easy to judge the poor from the outside, attributing responsibility for their condition, but the reality is different”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, writes on low social […]
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Ojo Público highlights Hugo Ñopo’s opinion on the disparities of unpaid work
“If there is a space that is unequal par excellence, it is home. The National Survey on the Use of Time reveals that 80% of unpaid domestic tasks are done by women. Men and women go out to work and education with an inequality of gigantic opportunities, which for them is equivalent to two days […]
