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It turns out that our social capital was better than we thought!
Why in Peru do we see a social capital in action that is not consistent with international statictics in Peru? Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, discussed in Foco Económico on the country’s low social capital in international measurements, in contrast to the solidarity of thousand of Peruvians during the national disaster as a consequence of the coastal […]
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More than 57% of public works in vulnerable areas of Lima is not priority
The newspaper Gestión gathers the findings of our researchers Álvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort about the quality of public investment without territorial planning in vulnerable urban settlements of Lima. They found that around half of the public investment in highly vulnerable settlements is for public works of low priority and impact. This due to the investment that […]
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Water is not the problem, it is us, by Eduardo Zegarra
Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, proposes in Ojo Público to raise the National Water Authority (ANA) to a status similar to that of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru: “Without a strong authority at the central level, and without real water authorities, what remains is a weak eggshell and hesitant of state officials who have no […]
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Half of the investment in vulnerable neighbourhoods goes to low quality projects
El diario La República destaca los hallazgos del estudio de Álvaro Espinoza y Ricardo Fort sobre la calidad de la inversión pública urbana sin planificación territorial. Los autores identificaron que casi la mitad de la inversión destinada a la infraestructura en barrios vulnerables de Lima se destina a obras de baja prioridad, dejando de lado […]
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A web of digital journalism highlighted the participation of Hugo Ñopo at the Why poverty and inequality persist in Mexico? International Forum
The Mexican web of digital journalism Sin embargo (However) highlighted the participation of Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, at the Why poverty and inequality persist in Mexico? International Forum, held by Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, on March 28 and 29, 2017. Hugo was part of the panel on international experiences in the reduction of poverty and inequality. In the […]
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The cost of cheap water. An IPE article highlights Eduardo Zegarra’s opinion
The Peruvian Institute of Economics (IPE) gathers, on El Comercio newspaper, the recommendations of our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, to identify adequate water tariffs that guarantee its supply and efficient human consumption. According to Zegarra, “agricultural tariffs should multiply 3.5 times to cover the costs of operation and mainteance”. In the case of Sedapal, “the average tariff in […]
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Se discutieron estrategias de apoyo a la pequeña agricultura peruana, en conversatorio de AGRORURAL, GRADE y el Banco Mundial
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On institutions, social norms and speed bumps
What does the proliferation of speed bumps in Lima tell us about our institutionality? We share and article authored by Miguel Jaramillo, Executive Director at GRADE, published by América Economía Perú magazine, as part of its special issue on the Annual Conference of Business Executives 2016.
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Santiago Cueto is part of a special report on the state of education in Peru, broadcasted by TV Peru Noticias
“Peruvian education in the last decades has seen many improvements, for example the rates of enrolment are high and still growing. In primary education are above 90% and in early and secondary education are around 80%. What remains is to enhance the quality of the educational services and to improve equity, regarding the different opportunties […]
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CONVOCATORIA CERRADA. GRADE dictará curso de evaluación de impacto de programas de desarrollo
CONVOCATORIA CERRADA. Los interesados podrán inscribirse del miércoles 15 de marzo de 2017 al miércoles 12 de abril de 2017 enviando su formulario de inscripción, copia de DNI y voucher de pago al correo electrónico del coordinador del curso. El curso iniciará el martes 9 de mayo de 2017 y durará 10 semanas. DESCARGA el […]
