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Hugo Ñopo discusses proposals on education announced by the President of Council of Ministers
“There is no education system which has been enhanced without improving its human capital, in this case, the teachers”, said our senior research Hugo Ñopo, in La Mula, regarding the change of the Magisterial Reform Act, one of the proposals for education sector announced by Fernando Zavala, President of Council of Ministers, during his speech to the Congress plenary on last Thursday […]
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Javier Escobal has been appointed as member of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru board
Through the supreme decrees 194-2016-PCM and 195-2016-PCM, the Presidency of Council of Ministers of Peru (PCM) appointed three members of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) Board, including Javier Escobal, senior researcher at GRADE, together with Luis Palomino and Gustavo Yamada. Besides, through the supreme decree 193-2016-PCM, Julio Velarde was ratified as board chairman. The experts elected join the current board members Eduardo González and Drago Kisic […]
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Javier Escobal and Hugo Ñopo are members of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion Advisory Committee
Through Supreme Decree Nº 001-2016-MIDIS, the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) announced the set-up of its Advisory Committee, which purpose is advising and give recommendations on its policies, programs, strategies and plans, as well as promoting the dialogue on development and social inclusion issues between state and society. Our senior researchers Javier Escobal y Hugo Ñopo are […]
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GRADE is one of the fourty Ministry of Education of Peru “Partners for Education”
The Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), through the Strenghtening Management of the Education Sector in Peru (FORGE in Spanish) project with the financial support of the Government of Canada, is one of the fourty institutions recognized by the Ministry of Education of Peru for its work on behalf of education, in coordination with the sector. The FORGE project “aims to […]
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Manuel Glave on investment incentives and environmental regulations, in the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor
“It is clear that the political challenge is to find an equilibrium point between generating new investment incentives without loosening up environmental regulations that may affect Peruvians’ quality of life in the long run”, stated Manuel Glave, senior researcher at GRADE, in Latin America Advisor, daily publication of the Inter-American Dialogue.
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María Balarin joined GDN webinar on funding for social science research
“In many development countries, the discourses and practices of evidence-based policy-making, as well as the discourses regarding the importance of increasing the production of publishable research do seem to be taken hold, but there is little reflection on the need to develop the capacities of the research community, on what this means and how this […]
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Education: well said, and done!, by Hugo Ñopo
Our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo analyzes the education topic within the presidential speech by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: “The six state commitments with which the President closed his speech follow up for strengthen an idea. The education, as a tool to build the society we want, has a main place in these commitments. The priority is […]
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Agrarian poverty and income shock in Puno: an ENAHO analysis, by Eduardo Zegarra
Our senior researcher Eduardo Zegarra analyzes data from the National Household Survey and suggests that a negative income shock (and demand) in urban areas of Puno, with adverse effects on agricultural income, explain the increase of poverty in this region between 2013-2015. Read the full article (in Spanish) here.
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GRADE released the book “Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación de los avances del programa Haku Wiñay”
El Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) presentó los hallazgos del estudio “Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación de los avances del programa Haku Wiñay”, el mismo que fue financiado por la Fundación Ford. El libro, editado por Javier Escobal y Carmen Ponce, fue presentado ante un público de más […]
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Carolina Trivelli highlights the evaluation findings of Haku Wiñay, led by Javier Escobal and Carmen Ponce
Carolina Trivelli, former Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion, highlights the evaluation findings of the Haku Wiñay program, led by our researchers Javier Escobal and Carmen Ponce: “Those who received the program report significantly more income, a varied diet and consume more animal protein; show better health (less disease), use less wood, have higher financial inclusion, and more”.
