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Miguel Jaramillo addresses the state of labor informality in Peru
“The probability that a young person has a formal contract for an indefinite period of time is 2%. This is a serious problem. The most pertinent training for a young person is the one the firm gives him, but that occurrence has practically been cut. ” Our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, spoke with RPP Noticias […]
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From the countryside to the city, by Hugo Ñopo
“The strategy of becoming a ‘country of entrepreneurs’ is not only ineffective in combating poverty, but it has negative impacts on our aggregate productivity. For poor households -the focus of our attention today- dependent employment is better less uncertainties.” Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, explains in El Comercio what is the new reality of Peruvian […]
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Hugo Ñopo: “For the first time, the number of urban poor is above the number of rural poor”
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, explains in the new face of monetary poverty in Peru: “In 2017, for the first time, the number of urban poor is above the number of rural poor. (Although) the rate of rural poverty is higher than the urban poverty rate, there are many more people living in urban areas.” […]
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Hugo Ñopo: “It’s time to think about new mechanisms to fight poverty”
“The best social policy is employment: 80% of household income comes from employment, not from social policies. What is the best tool to get a job? A good education”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, was interviewed in Latina Noticias about the rise of monetary poverty to 21.7% in 2017.
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Poverty rises in Peru for the first time in 10 years: why did it happen?
Why did monetary poverty grow in Peru for the first time in 10 years? Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, said in CNN that there are two main factors: the Peruvian economy has stopped growing as before and the changes in social policy. He explained that “if we grow less, there is higher unemployment, less money for […]
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Poverty in Peru rises for the first time in this millenium
Monetary poverty rose one point in 2017 -the first increase of this millennium- according to the National Household Survey of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics of Peru. Regarding these results, our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, warns that now we are a country with more urban poor than rural poor, a new challenge for policy […]
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María Balarín on the presence and impact of women in science in Peru
María Balarin, senior researcher at GRADE, Carmen Velezmoro, vice-rector of research at the National Agrarian University La Molina, and Gisella Orjeda, former president of the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation, discuss the situation of women in science in the Peru and share with the initiative Women Transforming their experience: What macho expressions and attitudes […]
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San Marcos: an issue or sympton of something major?, by Hugo Ñopo
According to our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo, the claims of the students of the National University of San Marcos are symptoms of a major problem: “It is a network of interdependent problems that arrived a long time ago and concern the university system, not just San Marcos: Two central elements of this network are financing and governance. […]
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Miguel Jaramillo gives his thoughts about the unemployment rate during the first quarter of 2018 in Metropolitan Lima
Between January and March 2018, the unemployment rate in Metropolitan Lima reached 8.1%, the highest level since the same period in 2012, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). According to Miguel Jaramillo, in an interview with RPP Noticias, the underlying factor is the weakness of the economy, which translates into a lower capacity […]
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Metropolitan Lima does not see employment growth since May 2017
Formal employment in urban areas of Peru fell 0.5% in February, accumulating eight consecutive months of decline, according to the Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment. In addition, there have been 14 months in which formal employment in Metropolitan Lima observed a fall. According to our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, “although economic activity is not […]
