News
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Opportunities for poor youth in Peru
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, synthesizes the findings of his study, together with Ana Paula Franco, about the opportunities for poor young people in Peru: “Regarding employment, the news are discouraging in multiple dimensions: young people, in comparison to the adult population, show lower labor participation, higher unemployment, higher underemployment and more informality. In the education […]
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Hugo Ñopo: The socio-emotional skills of the Peruvian soccer team
With the right encourage, people can learn to move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset, which leads to improvements in achievement. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, gathers recent advances in psychology and behavioral economics to analyze the socio-emotional skills developed by the Peruvian soccer team. The article was published in El Comercio’s […]
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Young Lives Peru releases a summary of is findings on the drivers and impacts of childhood poverty in Peru
The longitudinal study Young Lives Peru has published a summary of the findings of five rounds of surveys applied to children and their families —in the years 2002, 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2016—. These findings provide a broad overview of some indicators of child poverty, and account for changes in the lives of children and youth during […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: Constitutional Court reduced the probability of having an indefinite employment contract by 57%
The magazine SEMANAeconómica highlights the study of our executive director, Miguel Jaramillo, who finds a relationship between a judgment issued by the Constitutional Court that allows reinstatement in a job and the reduction in the probability that a worker has a contract for an indefinite period and the fall of unionization. Miguel discussed his findings […]
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Miguel Jaramillo shared in Ideeleradio conclusions of GRADE’s Territories and Development International Conference
Miguel Jaramillo, executive director at GRADE, spoke with Glatzer Tuesta, host of No hay derecho (Not fair) of Ideeleradio, on the regulation of the labor market in Peru, and shared some conclusions of our Territories and Development International Conference, held last week. Miguel spoke about the need for policies for the rural sector to respond to a […]
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Ricardo Fort joined the 5th CIES Presidential Academic Dialogue on the reconstruction of the north of Peru
Our senior researcher Ricardo Fort was one of the nine experts who offered recommendations for the reconstruction of the north of the country, as part of the 5th Presidential Academic Dialogue held on Tuesday, June 12 by the Consortium for the Economic and Social Research (CIES). The event was headed by the President of the Republic, […]
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Hugo Ñopo gives his thoughts on the challenges of the public budget for the development of the education sector
“Today we spend 3.7% of GDP on education. Moving from 3.7% to 6% is impossible in the medium term. So, first we have to sincere the goal.” Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, gave his thoughts on the relevance of setting a feasible, verifiable and monitorable route for the population to promote the development of education […]
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GRADE long course on impact evaluations of development programs 2018
Those interested can register from Monday June 11, 2018 to Friday August 3, 2018 by submitting their registration form, copy of ID and voucher payment to the email address of the course coordinator. The course will begin on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 and will last 10 weeks. DOWNLOAD the COURSE BROCHURE here. Evaluation is a […]
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Cusco: Ricardo Fort joined the World Potato Congress 2018
Our senior researcher, Ricardo Fort, joined yesterday the World Potato Congress 2018, in Cusco. Ricardo discussed strategies to improve small farmers participation in value chains. Good morning everyone! We’re beginning the day with a talk by Ricardo Fort of @GRADEPeru discussing barriers in Peru for small farmers to enter value chains incl. distance to markets, […]
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PUCP’s weekly highlights Grupo Sofia’s new book on inequality in academia
PuntoEdu, the weekly of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), highlights Grupo Sofia’s new book, “Inequality in academia: women in the Peruvian social sciences“, edited by our senior researchers and members of Sofía, Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin. ►Download the book here. ►Read the full weekly here.
