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RPP Noticias: Eduardo Zegarra on the reduction of the entry of fertilizers to Peru
RPP Noticias highlighted the opinion of our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra in the newspaper Gestión on the current shortage of fertilizers and its impact on the agricultural sector. “Per month the producers require at least 40,000 tons and they were only entering 5,000 tons per month and now it is zero, everything has stopped. Future […]
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Eduardo Zegarra: Two urgent actions against the food crisis
“The first (action) is to promote fertilizer imports, especially urea. There is already a deficit of more than 180,000 tons of fertilizers that could not be imported. If there is no more fertilizer in the coming weeks, Peruvian agriculture, especially commercial, is going to face a very serious crisis. Secondly, an immediate measure is needed […]
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Hugo Ñopo in Forbes Peru: the main gender gaps in the Peruvian labor market
The entry of women into “flexible” or part-time jobs occurs because they still mostly attend to domestic duties or within their homes. “The National Time Use Survey reveals that in a typical week, women have two fewer days to work. This implies a huge inequality of opportunity.” Read the comments of Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE […]
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Alvaro Espinoza in Latina: decree grants property titles in risk areas
The Informal Property Formalization Agency (Cofopri) is preparing a decree that would grant property titles to owners of informal buildings located in risk areas. Our Adjunct Researcher Alvaro Espinoza analyzes this decree in the Latina report and maintains that “what this bill is doing is increasing the profitability of land traffickers even more.” See the full reportage here.
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Migrate to survive. Ojo Público’s reportage gathers GRADE findings
Between March and December 2020, approximately 248.311 Peruvians returned to their rural areas of origin from the cities. According to the study from our researchers Ricardo Fort, Mauricio Espinoza, and Alvaro Espinoza for the Inter-American Development Bank, this is the first mass return process in the history of Peru. Read OjoPúblico’s reportage. DOWNLOAD THE STUDY here.
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Mauricio Espinoza share his thoughts in Ojo Público on the crisis of milk producers in Peru
According to Mauricio Espinoza, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE, the main issue for the crisis of milk producers is the oligopsony of the livestock sector. A reportage from Ojo Público.
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Miguel Jaramillo shared his thoughts in Forbes Peru about the increase in the minimum wage announced by Pedro Castillo
“The recovery of employment has basically been due to the informalization of labor relations. Formal employment is stagnant. Raising the minimum wage is not understanding what the problem in the economy is”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, shared his opinion at Forbes Peru about the economic effects of President Castillo’s announcement.
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Martín Benavides on the educational crisis in Peru and alternative solutions for returning to the classroom
“It is time to change the strategy. Dialogue is important, without a doubt, but to the extent that children and adolescents do not participate in this dialogue, we are not sure that their right is guaranteed.” Martín Benavides, GRADE senior researcher and former Minister of Education, joined a Radio Programas del Perú Noticias special programme on the […]
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Mauricio Espinoza’s opinion on the family farming crisis is highlighted by Ojo Público
Of the 250,000 internal migrants from the pandemic, “there is a good group that has returned to agriculture. More or less one in three, between 30 and 40%.” Our Adjunct Researcher Mauricio Espinoza shared in Ojo Público the findings of a recent GRADE study, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, which shows the possibilities of […]
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Hugo Ñopo shared his thoughts on the challenges facing the country despite the economy has overcome the recession
‘It is magnificent that the GDP is rebounding. But how do people benefit from that recovery when the employment and salary figures are not flattering? In these two indicators we are not close to pre-pandemic levels.’ Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, shared his opinion on the challenges due to the political turbulence and the consequences of the pandemic facing […]
