News
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Rural poverty exacerbates in Peru and Latin America
Nuestro investigador principal, Eduardo Zegarra, fue entrevistado en la revista belga Sos Faim sobre pobreza rural en el Perú. A continuación, compartimos la reproducción traducida al español de la entrevista completa: El último informe de las Naciones Unidas sobre la pobreza rural en América Latina y el Caribe señala que los países de estas regiones enfrentan […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: Employment growth would be expected from 2% to 2.5%
“It is reasonable to expect an employment growth rate between 2% and 2.5% for this year. How much of that will be formal employment? I do not think there will be much change in the structure, unless it really advances rapidly in fighting some of the issues that generate additional costs in the labor market”. Miguel […]
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Property tax: innovate for better governing, by Ricardo Fort and Alvaro Espinoza
Our researchers Ricardo Fort and Álvaro Espinoza shared a concrete and low cost proposal in order to improve the municipal governance and to increase the property tax collection using modern technology. Read the full text in Gestión Newspaper.
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Preliminary findings of Young Marriage and Parenthood Study (YMAPS) in Peru
Vanessa Rojas, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and Coordinator of the Qualitative Component of Young Lives in Peru, shared in Radio Nacional the preliminary findings of the Young Marriage and Parenthood (YMAPS) qualitative studies, show the perceptions of young women and men about their experiences in cohabitation, pregnancy, maternity/paternity to an early age. Qualitative evidence of […]
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Alfredo Thorne, ex Minister of Economy and Finance, highlights Miguel Jaramillo’s findings on short-term contracts
What is expected from an economy in transformation? The research findings of our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo on short-term contracts are highlighted by Alfredo Thorne, ex Minister of Economy and Finance. The main conclusion of the study is that there is a great labor mobility within formal employment: workers move between jobs, allowing them to migrate to more productive […]
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Santiago Cueto talks about GRADE’s work in PUCP’s Master in Social Management radio
“In GRADE we produce research studies that reach relevant conclusions for the development and review of public politics, and for decision-making that contributes to the wellbeing of the Peruvian population”. Listen to the full interview with Santiago Cueto, Executive Director and Senior Researcher at GRADE, in Space for Management, radio of the Master in Social […]
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María Balarin writes about international accreditation and the quality of higher education
Can international accreditation guarantee the quality of higher education? Our senior researcher, María Balarin, writes in El Comercio’s supplement on universities and institutes about the key role of this mechanism on the sidelines of a public debate on what quality means and a proper regulation.
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Executive Chairman at Apoyo Consultoría hightlights Miguel Jaramillo’s study on the impact of the 2001 labor contract reform
The research findings of our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, together with Julio Almonacid and Luciana de la Flor, on the impact of the 2001 labor contract reform implemented by the Constitutional Court are highlighted by Gianfranco Castagnola, Executive Chairman at Apoyo Consultoría, en El Comercio. The main conclusion of the study is that the reform is responsible for a […]
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REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. 2019 Evaluating Social Programs Course
Los interesados podrán inscribirse del miércoles 9 de enero al lunes 18 de febrero de 2019 enviando su formulario de inscripción, copia de DNI y voucher de pago al correo de la coordinación. El curso inicia el martes 19 de febrero de 2019 y durará 13 semanas. Descargue el brochure del curso aquí. La evaluación es parte fundamental del […]
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Bangkok: Members of GRADE joined the Think Tank Initiative 2018 as panelists and workshop participants
After almost a decade of organizational support, the Think Tank Initiative brought together representatives of think tanks, policymakers, donors and other research-to-policy actors for a final Think Tank Initiative Exchange to mark the last year of the program. This Exchange built on a decade of TTI lessons, experiences and insights on the challenges of building […]
