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Javier Escobal gives his thoughts on the doubts and criticisms left by the 2017 Census
El Comercio gathered the thoughts of Javier Escobal, senior researcher at GRADE and member of the Advisory Council of the National Censuses, during the press conference after the 2017 Census. Javier discussed the census omission of housing in urban areas; between 2% and 3% of the total population, according to the head of the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI): “The […]
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MIDIS 4th Social Inclusion Week: Lorena Alcázar discussed The Lancet proposals for early childhood public policies
Our senior researcher, Lorena Alcázar, shared the main messages of The Lancet proposals for early childhood public policies discussed at the VI Social Inclusion Week (15-19 October), held by the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS): “A message is the relevance of investing in the early years of children, showing the cost of the effects of this group not achieving […]
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Hugo Ñopo gives his thoughts on the challenges Peru must overcome to erradicate poverty
According to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Peru should put and end to poverty for that year. For that, is key to promote the Sustainable Development Goals. What are the challenges to moving towards this goal? Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo gives his thoughts to El Comercio: “Henceforth, each reduction in one point of poverty will […]
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Hugo Ñopo: “Gender equity is not a ‘women issue'”
“It is often wrong to talk about gender as a ‘women issue’. First because equity is a moral issue, and second, for economic reasons. Productivity of the country is going to improve only to the extent that we use the full potential of our human capital”. Read El Comercio‘s interview to our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, on gender equity in […]
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Call for abstracts: Pre-conference Health Systems Global V Symposium
On the way to the Health Systems Global V World Symposium, to be held on March 2018 in Liverpool, health researchers and policy makers in Peru are called to submit abstracts for the pre-conference in Lima that will be held on November 14, 2017. GRADE is one of the institutions sponsoring the event in Lima. The meeting will be a space for local […]
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Hugo Ñopo has been appointed 25th Anniversary LACEA Associate
We congratulate our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, for his recent appointment as 25th Anniversary LACEA Associate. This distinction has been granted by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), an international association of economists with common research interests in Latin America. It was formed in 1992 to facilitate the exchange of ideas among economists and policy […]
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Hugo Ñopo: We must not fear the evaluation
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, criticizes the various legislative initiatives to rethink the teacher achievement test: “The fact is that those who are not up to the country’s education have to step aside for the good of the system. Today, they are given up to three opportunities to pass the test and stay in the teacher career”.
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Hugo Ñopo on gender equity in Peru. A Channel N interview
“In order for an average Peruvian household to be able to function normally, it requires some 30-32 hours of unpaid domestic work, of whic 24 are female. With these great disparities within households, men and women go to work and to study; they are in other markets with very important differences of opportunity”. Watch the interview with Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher […]
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Hugo Ñopo on TV Peru News: the current situation of education
“Only with a combination of better salaries and better consideration of excellence, the teaching career will progress. This a long-term task”, said our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, on TV Peru News. This and other issues on the current situation of education in Peru were discussed by Hugo, after Idel Vexler was appointed as the new Minister […]
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2017 Perumin: State, mining and community. Manuel Glave shares his thoughts
Which are the advances, fails and pending duties in the dialogue between the three key actors of the mining sector: State, community and mining firms? Our senior researcher, Manuel Glave, and other experts, share their thoughts in El Comercio’s special supplement for the Mining Convention PERUMIN 2017 .
