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Ricardo Fort in Ideeleradio: 10 measures to reduce crowds and contagions in the supply food markets
“We need to reactivate neighborhood organizations to implement joint purchasing and delivery systems in neighborhoods […] We can strengthen community kitchens so that they can produce and distribute free menus in the most vulnerable areas.” Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, shared in Ideeleradio ten urgent measures to reduce crowds and contagions in the supply food markets. […]
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La República recoge opinión de Hugo Ñopo sobre el mito de que la educación privada
“Already the senior researcher at GRADE, Hugo Ñopo, has been explaining that, in Peru, the myth that private education exceeds public education is not always the case. For example, he explained that in the poor districts of Lima, the Public schools have better quality than private schools, both in infrastructure and in teaching staff and […]
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Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts about the labour policy of perfect suspension
“In Peruvian households, more or less three out of four soles of our family budgets are supported by money that comes from work. So, maintaining and preserving it is important”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared his thoughts about the complementary policies to the perfect suspension due to the state of emergency. Read the […]
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La Mula: GRADE identifies at least 235 food markets in Lima as potential sources of COVID-19 contagion
La Mula highlighted the findings and recommendations of the identification analysis of markets and supermarkets located in the areas most vulnerable to the spread of the virus. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, shared his thoughts: “The idea is not only that we should try to restrict the exit of older people who live in that […]
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Ricardo Fort in 24 Hours: Food markets in Lima as potential sources of COVID-19 contagion
“These are the areas where the authorities should be doing preventive measures, ensuring that the food markets are properly cleaned, that the vendors handle the products well, that there is social distancing. One could even do rapid tests for temperature or virus transmission to prevent it from spreading through those territories. ” Our senior researcher, […]
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Gestión: 235 food markets in Lima are identified as potential sources of COVID-19 contagion
“If people become infected in these areas, the virus will start to run very fast due to the existing conditions. So what is the area with the greatest potential for contagion in that territory? The markets and supermarkets.” Gestión.pe spoke with Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, who explained that the research of GRADE’s Urbanization and Sustainable […]
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Ricardo Fort en Ideeleradio: Zonas prioritarias para la prevención y control del contagio del COVID-19 en Lima
“Si pensamos en estas zonas, hay mucha movilidad de gente que sale a diario a tratar trabajar para conseguir ingresos, o incluso a hacer las comprar del diario, regresan a sus hogares donde hay población vulnerable, y se aumenta la posibilidad de contagio”. Ricardo Fort, investigador principal de GRADE, explicó en Ideeleradio el análisis de zonas prioritarias para la […]
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Hugo Ñopo discussed in BBC Peru’s economic strategy to face coronavirus impact
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared his opinion with BBC News World on the opportunities and challenges of Peru’s economic plan to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The article explores the rationale behind the package of measures to revive the economy in the country. Savings after three decades of fiscal discipline and the low […]
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Eduardo Zegarra discusses the state of Peruvian agriculture in times of the coronavirus
“We calculate how many have a cell phone to access the voucher and no member of more than 300,000 agricultural families has a cell phone […] They do indeed require resources to be able to even eat, because they do not themselves produce all the food they require for their own food. There is need for […]
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Hugo Ñopo’s opinion in Forbes Colombia: the great challenge of the Peruvian economy amid the coronavirus
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, and other specialists, give their opinion in Forbes Colombia on the relevance of the allocation of a 380 soles bonus to independent workers, as part of the measures to mitigate the impact caused by the coronavirus. In addition, they comment on the challenges to reduce labor informality, which affects more […]
