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Hugo Ñopo via BBC Mundo: factors that explain why confinement measures do not prevent Peru from being the second country in Latin America with the most cases of COVID-19
Hugo Ñopo is one of the experts who discusses five factors that explain why confinement measures do not prevent Peru from being the second country in Latin America with the most cases of the coronavirus. One of the problems is informality, which prevented the social distance from being maximized: “We are talking about households where monetary income […]
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Hugo Ñopo in The Guardian: Peru’s coronavirus response was ‘right on time’ – so why isn’t it working?
“Our social contract was broken and nobody bothered to fix it. Now it’s exploding in our faces”, said Hugo Ñopo in regard of the historic lack of investment in public institutions that left Peru vulnerable in the face of the pandemic. The opinion of our senior researcher about why Peru’s coronavirus response is not working as […]
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The limits of the state response to COVID-19 in the artisanal fishing sector, by Isabel Gonzales
“It is urgent that the credit be made effective in a timely manner, in order to avoid the depletion of resources, the precariousness of households dependent on artisanal fishing and exposure to contact situations in the midst of the health crisis that has been hitting the sector”. Our assistant researcher, Isabel Gonzales, analyzes the functioning of […]
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Hugo Ñopo in RPP Noticias: challenges of transforming Lima in a more bicycle-friendly city
“Cultural changes are hardly achievable by decree. What we need is to change an organizational culture. A work culture that is more bicycle friendly. It has to be gesticulated by a few and, probably, it will be easier in some sectors “. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared his thoughts in this RPP Noticias article […]
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Miguel Jaramillo and Hugo Ñopo joins the UN group The Economy of the Pandemic and Social Protection in Latin America
Our senior researchers, Miguel Jaramillo and Hugo Ñopo, are part of the group The Economy of the Pandemic and Social Protection in Latin America. The initiative is organized by the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), the Institute for Commitment to […]
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Coronavirus: An Opportunity to Beat Informality? Interview with Hugo Ñopo
Can Peru aim at development as an informal country? Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shares his thoughts: “No, and this opportunity of the pandemic has been showing us. It is proving very difficult to reach these households whose employment is basically informal with effective help. It would do us a better job as a country , […]
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The Guardian interviews Eduardo Zegarra about contagions in wholesale markets in Lima
“Markets were probably the biggest vector of infection which is why Peru’s quarantine did not work as it should have”. The Guardian interviews our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, for an article on contagions in wholesale markets in four Latin American cities: Lima, São Paulo, Mexico City and Bogotá.
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Ricardo Fort in RPP: “If you don’t control food wholesalers, even if you control food retailers, the flow of contagion will go on”
“Depending on our location, all sellers in retail markets go five times a week to buy their merchandise from wholesalers. That is the worst contact ratio. If you don’t control food wholesalers, even if you control food retailers the flow of contagion will go on. Closing the market is an immediate measure, but it must […]
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Santiago Cueto in El Peruano: “Today, more than ever, early childhood is in the hands of families”
“Today, more than ever, those first years of life are in the hands of families. Although families cannot assume health-related interventions, they can take on some educational aspects. We do not need to be initial education teachers to think and give time so that our girls and boys get involved in different activities related to […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Canal N: sectors that suffer the most from the economic crisis due to the pandemic
“There are two groups that appear to be less likely to receive government aid. On the one hand, the poor are not identifiable, given the problems of the patterns with which they identify beneficiary households. On the other hand, the emerging middle class , who is not far from the poverty line, but who due […]
