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Hugo Ñopo’s opinion in The Economist: Latin America opens up before it’s ready
Even with strict lockdown to face the pandemic in Latin American countries, many people have not obeyed. Why? In a region where trust in government is low, citizens are detached from the state “not just legally, but emotionally and cognitively”, said Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, to The Economist.
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Hugo Ñopo in RPP Noticias: How to get a job in times of COVID-19?
“The most important determinant of long-term productivity is human capital. This measure is not just the number of years people went to study, but the skills they developed in the school world. There in lies the key to the long-term employability. […] We must pay attention to a very low-cost or zero-cost public offer of […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts in Caretas on food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic
“In May a INEI report came out showing 14% of households in Metropolitan Lima and Callao could not buy meat, fish and eggs. The main reason has a lot to do with many families —socioeconomic levels D and E— don’t have enough money”. Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, shares his thoughts in this Caretas‘ article that addresses the […]
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What do we have at home? The assets of the Peruvians, by Hugo Ñopo
“Beyond the comparison of the ownership of refrigerators with color televisions, there is another that worries and has been important in the context of this pandemic as well: the possession of bank accounts. Access to this service is even less than the possession of refrigerators in the country. ” Read the recent article by Hugo […]
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Insecurity in Peru, by Eduardo Zegarra
The sanitary crisis, due to the coronavirus in Peru, is also becoming a food crisis. A recent survey by INEI to families in Metropolitan Lima and Callao during the first week of May 2020 attests to that. 14% of households said they had been unable to buy protein-containing foods such as meat, fish, and eggs. […]
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Hugo Ñopo in La República’s Sigrid.pe: factors that explain why the quarantine in Peru would not have worked
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, spoke with Sigrid Bazán, from La República, about the factors that explain why the quarantine in Peru would not have worked. On the issue of informality, he said: “Little more than 6 million independent workers, almost 5 million people bring to their home at the end of the month an amount […]
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Ricardo Fort in RPP Noticias: new strategies to avoid crowds in food markets and bus stops
“What we have been proposing is to target a strategy that is territorially focused, articulated in the territory, and that has local participation.” Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, talked with Mónica Delta of RPP Noticias about the relevance of taking into account the heterogeneity of the different areas of the country while implementing new efforts to avoid the crowds […]
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Ricardo Fort in El Espectador: Why did Peru become the second country with the most cases of COVID-19 in Latin America?
Why is Peru the second country with the most cases of COVID-19 in Latin America? According to Ricardo Fort, crowds in the food markets were one of the key reasons. “In addition, people who visited these places returned to households with high levels of overcrowding and with a strong presence of seniors,” explained GRADE’s senior researcher, […]
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From the pandemics to food crisis in Peru, by Eduardo Zegarra, via Ojo Público
In May, 14% of households in Lima and Callao could not buy protein foods such as meat, fish and eggs due to lack of money. At the national level, in all urban Peru the number rises to 3.5 million people; not counting the rural areas, hard hit. With the high number of contagions in the […]
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A talk between Hugo Ñopo and Elmer Huerta M.D. in RPP Noticias: Social determinants of health
“Four out of ten Peruvians work independently. Of those four, three work in a very precarious way due to what they manage to carry out at the end of the month at their household is below the minimum vital wage of 900 soles” . These are some of the figures that Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared with […]
