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Hugo Ñopo’s opinion in Convoca on Peru Congress’ Education Commission and the gender focus in school curriculum
The investigative journalism association Convoca highlighted the opinion of Hugo Ñopo on the current Congress of the Republic Education commission. According to our Senior Researcher, the gender focus policy in the primary and secondary school curricula will suffer a setback in this five-year period since both the caucus that presides this commission and the official caucus have “critical views” on it. […]
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Hugo Ñopo’s opinion in The Washington Post on the announcement of compulsory military service for NEETs
In regard of President Castillo’s proposal to make military service compulsory for young people who are neither working nor studying, Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, warns that two thirds of those likely to be eligible for military service would actually be women, and that a draft could lead to the abuse of indigenous and […]
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RPP Noticias highlights Miguel Jaramillo’s opinion about the recovery of employment rates
“I would expect that, under an estimated GDP growth of 3% for 2022, which is optimistic (since some predict that GDP could fall), the increase in formal employment will be close to zero (0%), unless the Ministerial Cabinet gives signs of confidence to private investment “. Read the opinion of our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo on […]
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Hugo Ñopo shares his opinion in El País on the impact of the pandemic on poverty figures
What explains the vulnerability that has left Peru among the countries most affected by the pandemic? According to our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo, the problem lies in the “dysfunctionality” of the labor market, “responsible for 80% of household income”, and its relative inability to translate “macro bonanza into micro well-being”. He adds: “In Peru, four out […]
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Perú Debate: Miguel Jaramillo talked with Gustavo Yamada about employment and labor informality
“Going towards a system where companies contract formally and can live in formality in a simpler way is clearly the route to follow. In addition, social protection is an element that the population is demanding and that would allow, under a scheme less burdened towards the labor market, that companies have a higher level of […]
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Ricardo Fort’s opinion in América Economía on the economic challenges of the next Peruvian goverment
“There is very little criteria for territorial planning and distribution of public investment. The investment system that dates back to the 90s looks at project by project and not the whole. They carry out isolated projects that are not connected to each other. There is no connection between the sectors. and between the levels of government. […]
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International Potato Day: Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the 2020 agrarian poverty figures reported by INEI
Regarding the agrarian poverty figures reported by the National Household Survey (ENAHO) 2020 of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, explains the problem of overproduction and dependence on industry food importation of inputs. Article of Convoca on the sidelines of the International Potato Day.
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GRADE’s study is highlighted in an RPP Noticias article on school dropout
“… the characteristics of students who have dropped out of school or who are at risk of doing so are having repeated a grade one or more times, being in a situation of poverty or extreme poverty, showing low educational performance and belonging to an indigenous group “. The website of Radio Programas del Peru highlights […]
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Ojo Público highlights Hugo Ñopo’s opinion on the disparities of unpaid work
“If there is a space that is unequal par excellence, it is home. The National Survey on the Use of Time reveals that 80% of unpaid domestic tasks are done by women. Men and women go out to work and education with an inequality of gigantic opportunities, which for them is equivalent to two days […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion in AgroNoticias about food imports
“There is a total abandonment of the protection of national production. It is a trend of the last 30 years of successive governments, which have favored the importation of subsidized food and unprotected our agriculture, and that is passing bills. That is why we have very high agrarian poverty rates”. Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at […]
