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Hugo Ñopo in CGTN: Peru struggles to overcome pandemic, restart economy
According to Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, the current economy reopening strategies are not working. Why? “One important element here is the gap between the design and the implementation. We have great designs as bonuses, Reactiva Peru, incentives to families and to businesses, but the problem did not materialize in a timely way”, he […]
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As economy, crime reboots, by Wilson Hernández
“Just as many sellers now seek to recover what was lost by changing their line of business or charging a premium, criminals act under a similar logic of reactivation that I summarize into three dimensions: recover what was lost (commit crimes more frequently), diversify their criminal activities (and not only theft of cell phones, but wallets, […]
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Hugo Ñopo in La República: Why is the pandemic hitting the women’s economy more?
“There are signs of recovery in male employment, but not female. There are two great forces behind it. On the one hand, the sectors where women worked in a greater proportion are recovering slowly. On the other, greater domestic responsibilities limit the ability to reintegrate into work. Women’s “. Our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo explains why […]
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Hugo Ñopo in El Comercio: Employment expectations in Peru improve, but at a slow pace
Regarding a recent survey on the prospects for hiring firms, Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, believes that the big bet should go to link large firms with micro and small firms to promote formal versus informal hiring, which abound in the country. “For a long time we have lived the dream of entrepreneurship, of the micro-entrepreneur and […]
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Is school dropout increasing this school year?, by Santiago Cueto
“The combination of risk factors increases the probability of dropping out. Thus, for example, students who live in poverty, who have young children and do not have a computer or cell phone, are at greater risk than those who only present one of these circumstances”. Santiago Cueto, Executive Director at GRADE and Country Director of Young Lives […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in NPR: economic impact of the pandemic in Peru
According to Miguel Jaramillo, although parts of the economy are expected to rebound quickly, he is concerned about “the long-term consequences of the loss of human capital — a generation that is going to have a very hard time finding a job.” Our senior researcher talked with National Public Radio NPR about the economic impact […]
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The other Pandemic: A look from the evidence, by Wilson Hernández
Peru is among the countries that lead the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. Both factors are linked to the increase in family violence. Why don’t we talk more about this other pandemic? Read the new article by Wilson Hernández, adjunct researcher at GRADE, in RPP Noticias with ideas and evidence in this regard.
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Anatomy of an economic debacle: the Peruvian labor market in 2020, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The current results are a consequence of both the epidemic and the public policy responses to contain it. They were not unpredictable, as we showed in a recent study. Unfortunately, the new information shows our estimates as conservative. Indeed, according to the latest National Household Survey, the labor market has suffered the most brutal blow […]
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Hugo Ñopo in RPP Noticias: “There are no individual funds in the ONP”
“A root reform requires understanding that part of the dysfunctionality of the pension system is a reflection of the dysfunctionality of the labor market. 70% of workers have informal jobs and 30% that have formal jobs are part of the wealthiest segment of workers. So, besides being a few (affiliates), they are not poor, not […]
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Hugo Ñopo in BBC News Mundo: factors that explain why Peru has the highest mortality rate among the countries most affected by the pandemic
“The initial plans were somehow a copy of Europe’s strategies. We failed to see that those strategies were not necessarily going to be successful here, with such informality. We had to think of a different solution, for us.” Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, comments on the factors that explain why Peru had the highest death […]
