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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)”.
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Minimum wage increase would arrive without economic justification and would affect formal employment
Within a few days for the decision that the Ministry of Labor will take on the minimum wage increase, Semana Económica reviews its justification at a time of the labor market of greater informality and rise of underemployment. Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE and one of the authors of the study The deprotecting effects of employment protection, […]
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International Women Day: Only 14 in 249 firms have a woman as a CEO
According to data gathered by Hugo Ñopo, only 14 in 249 firms listed on the Bolsa de Valores de Lima (Lima Stock Exchange) have a woman as a CEO. However, our senior researcher says in El Comercio: “Although initiatives to change policies assumed by firms are needed, household chores are also important. Typically, of 30 hours of household tasks, women […]
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Eduardo Zegarra: “The coast should not produce potatoes in the most expensive and irrigated lands in Peru, and maybe neither quinoa”
Was overproduction the trigger for the collapse of potato prices? Eduardo Zegarra, principal investigator of GRADE, said in the Agrarian News Agency that the problem was that some valleys of the coast produced excessively between December and February, leaving the central highlands almost without market and at the time when its producers entered with the tuber.
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Hugo Ñopo’s thoughts on the number of informal schools in Lima and the country
According to Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, the number of informal schools in Lima is linked to the increase in private enrollment, which in our capital stands for 50%, and to the preference of many parents for this type of educational offer: “It is a heterogeneous increase, although one part is of high quality, […]
