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Miguel Jaramillo’s opinion on figures of formal and informal employment
Regarding the recent figures for formal and informal employment, Miguel Jaramillo stated that a change in the trajectory of formal employment was expected for June. However, he warned that in the coming months there would be a strong increase in informality, these last agents go out to carry out their activities to survive. The opinion […]
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Hugo Ñopo’s opinion in The Economist: Latin America opens up before it’s ready
Even with strict lockdown to face the pandemic in Latin American countries, many people have not obeyed. Why? In a region where trust in government is low, citizens are detached from the state “not just legally, but emotionally and cognitively”, said Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, to The Economist.
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts in Caretas on food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic
“In May a INEI report came out showing 14% of households in Metropolitan Lima and Callao could not buy meat, fish and eggs. The main reason has a lot to do with many families —socioeconomic levels D and E— don’t have enough money”. Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, shares his thoughts in this Caretas‘ article that addresses the […]
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Ricardo Fort in El Espectador: Why did Peru become the second country with the most cases of COVID-19 in Latin America?
Why is Peru the second country with the most cases of COVID-19 in Latin America? According to Ricardo Fort, crowds in the food markets were one of the key reasons. “In addition, people who visited these places returned to households with high levels of overcrowding and with a strong presence of seniors,” explained GRADE’s senior researcher, […]
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Hugo Ñopo via BBC Mundo: factors that explain why confinement measures do not prevent Peru from being the second country in Latin America with the most cases of COVID-19
Hugo Ñopo is one of the experts who discusses five factors that explain why confinement measures do not prevent Peru from being the second country in Latin America with the most cases of the coronavirus. One of the problems is informality, which prevented the social distance from being maximized: “We are talking about households where monetary income […]
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Hugo Ñopo in The Guardian: Peru’s coronavirus response was ‘right on time’ – so why isn’t it working?
“Our social contract was broken and nobody bothered to fix it. Now it’s exploding in our faces”, said Hugo Ñopo in regard of the historic lack of investment in public institutions that left Peru vulnerable in the face of the pandemic. The opinion of our senior researcher about why Peru’s coronavirus response is not working as […]
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Hugo Ñopo in RPP Noticias: challenges of transforming Lima in a more bicycle-friendly city
“Cultural changes are hardly achievable by decree. What we need is to change an organizational culture. A work culture that is more bicycle friendly. It has to be gesticulated by a few and, probably, it will be easier in some sectors “. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared his thoughts in this RPP Noticias article […]
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The Guardian interviews Eduardo Zegarra about contagions in wholesale markets in Lima
“Markets were probably the biggest vector of infection which is why Peru’s quarantine did not work as it should have”. The Guardian interviews our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, for an article on contagions in wholesale markets in four Latin American cities: Lima, São Paulo, Mexico City and Bogotá.
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Wilson Hernández in Ideeleradio: COVID-19 and violence against women
Our adjunct researcher Wilson Hernández shared in Ideeleradio lessons for Peru from international experiences to contain and prevent violence against women in the context of the pandemic. On the Spanish initiative “Máscara 19” he commented: “It is interesting because it allows it to be done in confidence. It requires a series of protocols to be able […]
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Alvaro Espinoza in La Mula: Markets and coronavirus: what to do with them?
“We have to understand that we are in a different situation than in recent years. It is a time where we have to readjust how we behave, it is an opportunity to break some traditional behaviors. In a scenario where the pandemic continues, sellers want to work and consumers want to buy, but they don’t want to […]
