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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 […]
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The Peruvian laboral clutter
The Compendium of Standards on Labor Legislation of the Ministry of Labor, updated to August 2017, has 136 standards compiled in almost 1,400 pages and more than 2,000 articles. In an article by El Comercio on the complexity of labor legislation. For our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, it is not reasonable to expect a small […]
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What would Vizcarra say?, by Hugo Ñopo
What does Martin Vizcarra’s experience in education tell us? Our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo writes in El Comercio about the achievement in learning indicators of students in Moquegua while Vizcarra was its regional president, and what could be attempted at the national level.
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Our researchers joined the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society CIES 2018
Many of our senior researchers joined the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society CIES 2018, as speakers, chairs and discussants. The event, from March 25 to 29 de marzo in Ciudad de México, addressed the theme of “Re-Mapping Global Education: South-North Dialogue.” Attendees had been called to reflect on the divisions that are built into […]
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Ricardo Fort addressed the enduring consequences of informal urbanization at the University of Chicago
Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, presented his research studying the institutional arrangements that govern the massive ‘informal’ urban expansion of Lima—as well as other Peruvian cities and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The research presentation was held by the University of Chicago The Pearson Institute and the Center for Latin American Studies. This research program has produced evidence […]
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World Water Day: Manuel Glave joined the Sanitation and Water Challenges Forum
As part of the World Water Day celebrations, the National Superintendence of Sanitation Services (SUNASS) and the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) organized the Sanitation and Water Challenges Forum on Thursday, March 22. Our senior researcher, Manuel Glave, and Luis Acosta, macroregional coordinator of the SDGs for the Tariff Regulation Management of SUNASS, shared […]
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Gerardo Damonte fue panelista en el coloquio de Concytec, Ciencia y Socidad
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World Water Day: Manuel Glave was a panelist at the Natural Infrastructure Forum for Water Security
On the sidelines of the World Water Day, the Institute of Nature, Land and Renewable Energy Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (INTE-PUCP), PUCP’s Climate of Changes and the National Water Authority (ANA) will held the Natural Infrastructure Forum for Water Security, on Wednesday, March 21, at the Auditorium of General Studies in Humanities in the PUCP. Our senior researcher, Manuel Glave, joined the panel on […]
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María Balarin joined a workshop and seminar on educational segregation, held by the Educational Justice Center and the University of Chile’s Center for Advanced Research in Education
“The evidence shows, convincingly, that markets in education deepen segregation,” explained our principal investigator, María Balarin, at the International Seminar “Social and academic inclusion. From politics to school”, held on Wednesday, March 14 by the Educational Justice Center —an institute formed by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the universities of Tarapacá, Magallanes, de la […]
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Lorena Alcázar’s findings on the economic impact of anaemia in Peru are highlighted by Instituto Integración
The latest report of Integration Institute (Instituto Integración) highlights a study conducted by Lorena Alcázar, senior researcher at GRADE, on the economic impact of anaemia in Peru, which finds that “anaemia costs Peruvian society approximately S./ 2.777 billion (0.4% of GDP in 2016)”.
