Institutional News
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Evidence Week 2019 | GRADE wins the Premio PODER 2019 for the best research on economic policy
The Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) has won the Premio PODER (PODER Award) 2019 for the best research on economic policy with the study “The unprotective effects of the employment protection. The impact of the 2001 labor contract reform”, by Miguel Jaramillo, Julio Almonacid and Luciana de la Flor. The award was received by […]
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Alessandra Hidalgo wins at the 2019 MIDIS Culminated Research Contest
We congratulate our Research Assistant, Alessandra Hidalgo, who has won of the three prizes at the MIDIS 2019 Culminated Research Contest, on the sidelines of the Evidence Week 2019. Alessandra achieved this prize with the study, carried out together with Karina Márquez, a former GRADE’s Research Assistant, “What difference can parents make? Parental structure at home and […]
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Synergies between Education and Employment: who is being left behind and what can be done about it?
Research on the effects of access to education and on employment conditions is abundant. However, the effects of basic education of quality on labour opportunities remain an elusive black box in many countries of the Global South. Particularly, in regard to the disadvantaged groups. As part of the UN Global Goals Week 2019, Southern Voice, […]
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CLOSED VACANCY. GRADE long course: Impact Evaluation of Development Programs
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Registrations are closed. 2019 GRADE’s short course on impact evaluation of development programs
[Actualización: cupos completos]. Los interesados podrán inscribirse desde el martes 9 de julio de 2019 hasta el miércoles 14 de agosto de 2019. El curso inicia el martes 20 de agosto de 2019 y durará ocho semanas. DESCARGA el BROCHURE del CURSO aquí. La evaluación es parte fundamental del diseño y la operatividad efectiva de un programa. Los […]
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Martín Valdivia’s research project on savings and credit groups has been selected by BBVA Edufin Research Grants 2019
We congratulate Martín Valdivia, Senior Researcher at GRADE, whose research project on the impact of Savings and Credit Groups (GACC) has been one of the five proposals selected by BBVA Edufin Research Grants 2019. The objective of the study is to investigate if the process of peer learning leads to a healthy connection of these populations with […]
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GRADE has been selected as the new host organisation for Southern Voice
We are pleased to announce that GRADE has been selected as the new organisation to host the operations of Southern Voice, the network of 50+ think tanks from Asia, Africa and Latin America. After a call for Expressions of Interest in 2018, a total of 16 applications (nine SV members and seven non-members) were received. […]
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Carmen Ponce has been appointed as visiting researcher at the York University Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean
We congratulate our associate researcher, Carmen Ponce, who has been appointed as visiting researcher at the York University’s Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (Cerlac), in Toronto, Canada. During her residency, Carmen will present her study “Household strategies in the context of climate change and spatially widespread family networks: the key role of non-farm income” at the Canadian […]
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Group Sofia’s fifth anniversary: a systematization of its outcomes, achievements, challenges and lessons
Group Sofía celebrates its fifth anniversary with a systematization document of its creation process, more tangible outcomes, more outstanding achievements and challenges, and lessons learned. The group aims to share their experience to contribute to the formation of similar networks in different specialties, as well as to motivate other researchers to contribute to counteracting gender […]
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GRADE joins a new research project on investigating the changes in productivity of the Humboldt Current
The international kick-off meeting of the project “Social-Ecological Tipping Points of the Northern Humboldt Current Upwelling System, Economic Repercussions and Governance Strategies” was held in Lima from March 19 to 21. The event gathered the Peruvian partners Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) and 35 stakeholders. Our […]
