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TTI booklet on how think tanks contribute to improve public health highlights a study undertook by Máximo Torero and Javier Escobal
The Think Tank Initiative, managed by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), has published a digital booklet on how policy reseach institutions contribute directly or indirectly to shaping improvements in public health in their countries. One of the studies highlighted, led by our researchers Javier Escobal and Máximo Torero, revealed the benefits of delivering public infraestructure packages in rural households in Peru, a […]
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GRADE’s researchers among scientists in Peru with higher scholar impact in Google Scholar, according to Webometrics
According to Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, ten GRADE’s researchers are among scientists in Peru with higher scholar impact (citations) in Google Scholar. Our members are ranked as following: Puesto Nombre Índice h* Citaciones 10 Santiago Cueto 26 3984 11 Javier Escobal 25 2921 19 Hugo Ñopo 21 1486 41 Martín Valdivia 16 1291 47 Juan […]
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Beyond SNIP, by Ricardo Fort and Álvaro Espinoza
Our researchers Ricardo Fort and Álvaro Espinoza address the complexities which the National Public Investment System (SNIP) reform should be dealing: “[…] we need a public investment planing system articulating sectors and government levels, and strictly binding with the state budget system. Only in this way we will be able to make a real quality jump in public investment.”
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Javier Escobal is member of 2017 National Censuses Advisory Commitee
Through Supreme Decree N° 288-2016-PCM, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru set the 2017 National Censuses Advisory Commitee: 12th Population, 7th Housing and 3rd Indigenous Peoples. This body will address strategies, planning, monitoring and evaluation of the national censuses. Our senior researcher, Javier Escobal, is one of the five independent experts appointed as commitee members, […]
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GRADE: Peru has over 400 thousand hectares to plant oil palm
“… it have been identified potential areas for oil palm plantations, strategies for linking small scale agricultors into the production chain, and legal and institutional aspects”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE and editor of the book “¿Agroindustria en la Amazonía?”, shared with diario Gestión the main issues addressed in the publication, linked to the possibility of […]
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First Latin America Evidence Week: On what Kenya pastoralists resemble with the ones from the Peruvian Altiplano?
On what Kenya pastoralists resemble with the ones from the Peruvian Altiplano? lamula.pe gathered the main conclusion from “Unusual comparative research and learning between countries: lessons from ELLA Programme” panel discussion, held by Practical Action and GRADE on October 2016. The panel, which was part of the First Latin America Evidence Week, showed the relevance of comparative research to understand global […]
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CLOSED VACANCY. GRADE long course: Evaluation for Development Programmes
ACTUALIZACIÓN: ¡Cupos completos! Agradecemos la gran acogida de nuestro #cursoGRADE Evaluación de Programas de Desarrollo. Si no pudiste inscribirte, recuerda que este curso forma parte de una serie que abriremos con regularidad, por lo que tendrás más oportunidades para participar. La evaluación es parte fundamental del diseño y la operatividad efectiva de un programa. Los […]
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Tambopata: the Peruvian nature reserve that begins to become a desert
“Evidence shows that a policy to control illegal mining based on coercion is not going to work”, said Gerardo Damonte, senior researcher at GRADE, in a BBC Mundo reportage on deforestation caused by illegal mining in Tambopata National Reserve. According to Damonte, the government need to formalize the miners, register them to know where they settle, and provide […]
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GRADE gana el Premio PODER 2016 al think tank del año y al think tank sobre políticas sociales
En una ceremonia en la librería El Virrey, llevada a cabo el 19 de octubre, el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo fue galardonado con el Premio PODER 2016 al think tank del año y al think tank sobre políticas sociales. La cuarta edición del premio, organizado por la revista PODER y la plataforma On Think […]
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Empirical studies on social policy and gender in Peru
We share the findings from two empirical studies on social policy and gender on Thursday 11, July. Both studies were carried out upon request of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP). The first study, “The impacts of Juntos program in empowerment indicators of rural women”, was led by Lorena Alcázar. The second study, “Evaluation of a women training program in Cañete”, was […]
