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Miguel Jaramillo has been appointed as member of the Inter-Institutional Technical Committee on Labor Market Indicators,
Our Senior Researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, has been appointed as member of the 2020 Inter-Institutional Technical Committee on Labor Market Indicators, installed by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics. The committee will analyze employment indicators and the development of new indicators, in order to strengthen the country’s labor statistics, given the strong impact on the Peruvian economy […]
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Santiago Cueto is mentor for the World Education Research Association Programme
The World Education Research Association WERA Programme strives to increase its support to early career researchers, particularly with respect to strengthening their international network and research capacity as scientists. The WERA-Doctoral and Early Career Scholars Network (DEC) provides doctoral and early career scholars with an opportunity to network with and meet each other. Furthermore, WERA […]
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Hugo Ñopo among the most influential in social sciences according to the 2020 Survey of Power by Semana Económica and Ipsos Perú
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, has been recognized among the most influential in social sciences according to the XL Power Survey 2020 from the magazine SEMANAeconómica and Ipsos Perú. The annual survey shows the perception of public servants, authorities, politicians, intellectuals, businessmen and journalists. Check all the categories and positions here.
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Humboldt Tipping invita a participar en encuesta sobre los efectos del COVID-19 en zonas marino-costeras del Perú
El proyecto Humboldt Tipping, del que GRADE forma parte, invita a participar en la encuesta de un estudio sobre los efectos de la pandemia del COVID-19 en el medio marino costero peruano y sus usuarios. El proyecto Humboldt Tipping estudia los puntos de inflexión de los ecosistemas y sus repercusiones sobre los sistemas ecológicos, económicos y sociales […]
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Miguel Jaramillo and other experts suggested measures to encourage formal hiring in firms. Article from El Comercio
“Employment subsidies should target the most vulnerable groups and also training.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, was one of the experts consulted by El Comercio to suggest ways to promote the hiring of formal workers among firms.
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Lorena Alcázar joined a CIES-UNDP dialogue on the transformative role of young people in the pandemic. Note from La Mula
“A dropout shock in education is going to be an important determinant that in the future young people have a higher probability of having a precarious job.” Lorena Alcázar was one of the panelists of the virtual dialogue held by the Consortium for Economic and Social Research and the United Nations Development Program Peru on youth and […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in El Comercio: FAE Agro will go to auction with 70% of the agricultural season advanced
The Business Support Fund for Agriculture (FAE Agro) will enter the auction with a trust contract approved yesterday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. These resources seek to finance the agricultural campaign that began in July. However, according to Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, “three months into the season, we already have between 60% and 70% […]
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Mining in Peru and Chile: the quality of dialogue needs to be lifted up, by Manuel Glave
Although Peru and Chile have implemented the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), it has little credibility and trust among populations and it has not been a mechanism that prevents socio-environmental conflict. In this Ojo Público article, our senior researcher Manuel Glave analyzes the mechanisms of citizen participation in territories with large-scale mining based on a recent study comparing both countries.
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Santiago Cueto in RPP Noticias: The danger of school dropouts during the pandemic
According to the Ministry of Education, 230 thousand students have left the educational system this year. What factors are associated with school dropout? The study by Santiago Cueto, country director of Young Lives Peru and Executive Director at GRADE, and colleagues find two main ones: the need to work and the lack of interest in studying. “It is […]
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State populism and the informal city, by Ricardo Fort
“The apparent sensitivity of this measure to the poorest and homeless families, in reality mainly benefits the land trafficking mafias, validating their promises of formality and future services, based on which they charge a higher price and invested their profitability”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, writes in El Comercio about the new law for the formalization of […]
