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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 […]
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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.
