GRADE frente al COVID-19
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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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Analysis of El Comercio highlights the Young Lives study, Stratification of returns to higher education in Peru
“During the pandemic, having studied in a good quality institution served as a protective factor against the crisis. In contrast, no significant effects were found in the case of those who attended lower quality universities.” Regarding the policy proposal for free university admission, El Comercio highlighted the recent findings of Alan Sánchez, Catherine Porter and […]
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Hugo Ñopo analyzes the new Yanapay bonus in RPP Noticias
“(The bonus) it is a stimulus to demand, but it is necessary to complement a stimulus to production. The Government has spoken of the creation of a million jobs, but the number is not so relevant, but rather to ask what productivity those jobs are going to have. Who in the economy is the one […]
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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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Why have we had such poor health results in the face of COVID-19 ?, by Miguel Jaramillo and Kristian López
“The most lethal error of the first months of the pandemic was one made up of economics and epidemiology: the poor determination of the social value of the massification of diagnostic tests and contact tracing.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, and Kristian López, director of LEEPS Laboratory, characterize the poor performance of the COVID ー […]
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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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Hugo Ñopo has been appointed as member of CONCYTEC’s High-level Committee on COVID-19
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, has been appointed member of the High Level Committee on COVID-19 of the National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC). In accordance with the Presidency Resolution No. 045-2021-CONCYTEC-P, this committee will be in charge of preparing a report that analyzes Peru’s performance in treating the COVID-19 pandemic […]
