GRADE frente al COVID-19
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Were we condemned to the pandemic debacle?, by Miguel Jaramillo and Kristian Lopez Vargas
Was Peru condemned to have so many deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic? How do we compare to other countries? How much of this debacle is explained by the strategy followed, and how much by our social indicators and the dire situation of our health system? Read the new op-ed for El Comercio by Miguel Jaramillo, GRADE’s […]
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The Agrarian Law in Limbo, Where to Go?, by Eduardo Zegarra
“The responsibility for this crisis is there, not in the workers who are desperate and have been harmed by this situation for so long. We hope that this time Congress and the Executive do realize that the most urgent thing is to solve this problem with measures that we believe are viable and make economic […]
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Sagasti’s administration and the agrarian agenda in the pandemic, by Eduardo Zegarra
“It is no small thing that the new government administration must face in the midst of a pandemic. […] Peruvian agriculture deserves a change of course now, with a vision of development and attention to the needs of our more than two million family farmers For the good of the country, we hope and hope […]
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Isabel Gonzáles in Ojo Público: “There is no updated register of artisanal fishermen”
“There is no updated register of artisanal fishermen,” said Isabel Gonzáles, assistant researcher at GRADE and member of the Humboldt Tipping project, in a dialogue between OjoPúblico and Oceana on the challenges of the fishing sector with a view to the Bicentennial. The verification team of the research medium reviewed this statement and confirmed that […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in El Comercio: Young people face informality and unemployment in the labor market
“The probability that a young person reachs a formal job is only 15%, which means that more than 80% of young people have an informal job.” Regarding the recent figures published by the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) for the national urban area, Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke with El Comercio about the […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: “In 2022 we would only see figures similar to the pre-COVID-19 stage, in terms of per capita income, or total income”
“In 2022 we would only see figures similar to the pre-COVID-19 stage, in terms of per capita income, or total income. People will look for employment and if they cannot find it, employment will be created due to the flexibility of the sector. informal”. Our researcher Miguel Jaramillo spoke with the Lima Chamber of Commerce […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in RPP Noticias: impact of the pandemic on employment
“If you look at the evolution of employment in Metropolitan Lima, you see that informal employment is growing faster than formal employment. Informal employment, particularly self-employment, fell a lot with restrictions on mobility, but now it is growing very fast, because the independent worker has no social protection mechanism”. Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke […]
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María Balarin in La República: closure of private schools due to the pandemic
If the majority of schools that close are those considered low-cost, it would be an interesting effect of the pandemic, according to María Balarin, senior researcher at GRADE. “It was politically very complicated. The pandemic has generated a migration to public schools and that is positive in the midst of a complex and challenging situation.” Read the […]
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Labor market in pandemic, when the procession goes inside (from home), by Hugo Ñopo
“The component of informality that has increased the most is that of unpaid family workers. These are workers who, although from their condition they reduce the unemployment rate, they increase the informality rate. […] This is a subtle form of job insecurity, inside the home “. Read the new op-ed by Hugo Ñopo, GRADE’s senior researcher, […]
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Miguel Jaramillo has been appointed as member of the Inter-Institutional Technical Committee on Labor Market Indicators,
Our Senior Researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, has been appointed as member of the 2020 Inter-Institutional Technical Committee on Labor Market Indicators, installed by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics. The committee will analyze employment indicators and the development of new indicators, in order to strengthen the country’s labor statistics, given the strong impact on the Peruvian economy […]
