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Six in 10 private schools are low-cost and mostly of subsistence
What is the situation of private education in Peru? The newspaper Gestión highlighted some of the topics discussed in the presentation of the study by our senior researchers, María Balarin and Hugo Ñopo, on the functioning of the market of educational services in our country [Video and wrap-up of the presentation here].
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Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts on the drivers behind the teacher’s strike
According to our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, the teacher’s strike shows a process of decentralization that has been halfway addressed in Peru: “We are in the worst of two worlds. There are certain decentralized duties, but not enough, and when a coordinated decision is needed, this become impossible”. The article is from El Comercio.
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What should a firm do to advance in gender equity? Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts
“It is wrong to say that gender equity only benefits women. It benefits the whole economy, due for a country means greater productivity and labor placement, which can increase the growth of GDP by two points” , said our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, based on the results of a ranking on gender equity in Peruvian […]
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Álvaro Espinoza: “In Lima almost all the flood damage was caused by the illegal occupation of land”
“In Lima almost all the flood damage was caused by the illegal occupation of land”, said our Adjunct Researcher, Álvaro Espinoza, in an article published by the British newspaper The Guardian on the latest natural disasters and the high risk of housing building in vulnerable areas of our capital city.
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Is it feasible to increase the teacher salaries in the public sector? Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts
Raising teacher salaries requires adding between 1 and 2 extra percentage points of GDP to 3.8% of the state budget currently allocated to education sector. This is the thought of Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, gathered by El Comercio. Hugo also pointed out that these salary increases should be linked to evaluation results in order […]
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Through screenshots, I learned
Despite the progress of technological modernization in the classroom, “[…] human essence, critical thinking and feelings will not dissapear”, said Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, in an article published by Somos magazine. According to Hugo, in addition, a key challenge in this scenario will be to improve the quality of teachers so that they “creatively face with multigrade teaching, diversity and bullying, […]
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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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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 […]
