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Liliana Miranda via Ojo Público: challenges faced by students who lack drinking water service through public network
“Like other [sectors], the education system is affected by inequality. In urban areas, the percentage [of public premises with water, electricity and sewage services] increases to 76%, but, in rural areas, it drops to 17%. Those in the Amazon region have the largest gaps”. Our Adjunct Researcher Liliana Miranda shares her opinion in this Ojo Público’s story on the challenges faced by schools […]
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Labour day: Miguel Jaramillo shares his thoughts on the state of the labour market in Peru
“I would not say that the employment has improved, but it has worsened in relation to pre-pandemic. Underemployment grew by more than 50%, the participation of young people in the labour market has fallen sharply and incomes have barely been able to keep up with inflation, thanks to the formal sector”. Our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo and other experts share […]
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Liliana Miranda shares her thoughts on the law for the return of non-evaluated teachers to the public teaching career
“It is incredible how a system with so many challenges, instead of strenghtening schools, what we are doing is going backwards”. Liliana Miranda, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE, shares her thoughts in El Comercio on the recent regulation that allows dismissed teachers to enter to the teaching career without being evaluated.
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Miguel Jaramillo discusses on the regulation that allows the entry of retired interim teachers into the teaching profession
For Miguel Jaramillo, the regulation that allows the entry of interim teachers retired from the teaching service would be unconstitutional because it does not respect the concept of not submitting spending initiatives. The opinion of our senior researcher was reported by El Comercio.
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“Urban expansion should have been planned since the project began to be considered”. Alvaro Espinoza’s opinion on Chancay’s mega-port
“For them to start worrying about how the city is going to expand at this point is untimely. Urban expansion should have been planned since the project began to be considered”. Alvaro Espinoza, adjunct researcher at GRADE, writes in El Comercio about the housing demands due to the construction of the Chancay mega-port.
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Eduardo Zegarra’s shares his thoughts on access to drinking water in Lima via Le Monde
“Of course Sedapal could connect these areas to the public network, but it would be extremely costly and they have very few resources. So there is little political interest, these areas are not a priority.” Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, writes in the newspaper Le Monde about the water problem in Lima that mainly […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts about the demands of farmers due to Majes Siguas II project
“Majes Siguas has unaddressed conflicts, some of them with the communities where the water is taken from or issues related with land distribution”. Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts about the demands of farmers in Caylloma, Arequipa, due to the Majes Siguas II irrigation project. Read the full article in Ojo Público here.
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Santiago Cueto via Ojo Público: The results of the latest PISA test confirm the inequality among students, especially in terms of socioeconomic level
“If we are going to do some kind of prioritization or work, I would focus on rural students, extreme poor, indigenous, but especially those who entered school during the pandemic. They are the ones who have suffered the most because it was a key time to learn to read.” According to Santiago Cueto, the impact […]
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Miguel Jaramillo reflects on the relevance of Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin’s work for Peru
“There are far fewer women in the sciences than men and far more women in the humanities and pedagogy. We have already gotten more women through college, but there is still the issue of how careers are chosen.” Our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo and other specialists comment on why the work of Claudia Goldin, Harvard […]
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Miguel Jaramillo’s opinion on the OECD’s recommendations for Peru in labor matters
“Social security is only 9% of non-wage costs. The analysis is correct, but politically it is not very viable. Lately they are aiming for more vacations and higher minimum salaries”. Our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo gave his opinion on the proposals of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for 2026 in labor matters. […]
