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UNIR-GRADE | Curso Internacional Online en Cultura de la Investigación
La Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR) y el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) organizan el Curso Internacional Online en Cultura de la Investigación. El curso está dirigido a profesores universitarios, investigadores principiantes y gestores de la investigación interesados en profundizar en el mundo de la investigación. Adicionalmente, a profesionales que estén cursando o […]
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Zonas prioritarias para la prevención y control del contagio del COVID-19 en Lima
El equipo del área de Urbanización y Ciudades Sostenibles de GRADE1 ha elaborado una propuesta de identificación de zonas prioritarias para la prevención y control del contagio del COVID-19 en la ciudad de Lima, utilizando data geoespacial del Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2017. Nuestro objetivo es contribuir a la efectividad de las medidas del gobierno […]
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Hugo Ñopo talks with the Colombian media about the economic plan to face the impact of coronavirus in Peru
“We have had 30 years of very good savings, of fiscal discipline, but also in those same years we have underinvested in people. Our investment in public health and education has been well below what our neighbors in the region invest and what that invests the developing world in general”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in La Mula: “If small farmers continue to be abandoned, we put the food of the cities at risk”
“If small farmers continue to be abandoned, we put the food of the cities at risk.” In the face of the coronavirus crisis, Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, warns of insufficient support from the Executive to family farming, a segment that produces most of the food that we Peruvians consume. Read this interview by […]
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Hugo Ñopo on Canal N: withdrawals of AFP’s funds to face coronavirus impact in Peru
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke with journalist Mávila Huertas of Canal N about the Executive’s resolution that allows affiliates of the AFP (Pension Funds Administrators) that did not contribute six months ago to withdraw until S / 2000, as part of the economic plan to face the coronavirus impact.
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Hugo Ñopo discussed in BBC Peru’s economic strategy to face coronavirus impact
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared his opinion with BBC News World on the opportunities and challenges of Peru’s economic plan to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The article explores the rationale behind the package of measures to revive the economy in the country. Savings after three decades of fiscal discipline and the low […]
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Eduardo Zegarra discusses the state of Peruvian agriculture in times of the coronavirus
“We calculate how many have a cell phone to access the voucher and no member of more than 300,000 agricultural families has a cell phone […] They do indeed require resources to be able to even eat, because they do not themselves produce all the food they require for their own food. There is need for […]
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Hugo Ñopo’s opinion in Forbes Colombia: the great challenge of the Peruvian economy amid the coronavirus
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, and other specialists, give their opinion in Forbes Colombia on the relevance of the allocation of a 380 soles bonus to independent workers, as part of the measures to mitigate the impact caused by the coronavirus. In addition, they comment on the challenges to reduce labor informality, which affects more […]
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Our family farming in times of coronavirus, by Eduardo Zegarra
“Our family farming, abandoned to its fate for so long, today becomes a bastion of our economy to face the crisis, have food security and look forward with hope.” Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, writes in OtraMirada about the importance of smallholder agriculture in the times of the coronavirus.
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Alvaro Espinoza in La Mula: “Between 2000 and 2018, Lima has grown almost 40% in area, only horizontally”
“Between 2000 and 2018, Lima has grown almost 40% in area, only horizontally. The vast majority of that growth has been messy, without following a plan. Moreover, 90% of that growth are informal neighborhoods”. Our Adjunct Researcher, Alvaro Espinoza, talked with Javier Torres, of La Mula, about the challenges and possibilities for the city. Mariana […]
