Interview
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Eduardo Zegarra in RPP News: demands around the second agrarian reform
“The ministry is dedicated to things that do not really prioritize the family farming agenda. Among them, an alleged unlocking of the Chavimochic project, which is highly controversial, and a first approach by the minister saying that it will be a priority of his management to grant new exonerations for the agro-export sector. All this […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in Canal N about the second agrarian reform fostered by the Government
“The announcement of giving additional tax exemptions to the agro-export sector is the complete opposite of the second agrarian reform approach, which is rather oriented towards the majority family farming in the country. It is understood that the agro-export sector already has enough benefits and, more efforts must be directed towards this sector (family farming). […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in La República: “The agrarian reform is about to become an unfulfilled promise”
“The government is in a very serious problem, without urea, the next agricultural campaign will be a total failure and there will be a drop in production that could reach 30%. […] One of the proposals of the second agrarian reform is to build national capacity to produce fertilizers”. Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE and […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in Sudaca Peru: social mobilization for the agrarian strike
“After the pandemic, a new problem has hit the agricultural sector even more: the sharp increase in the price of fertilizers. First the price of urea doubled, then it tripled, and we are currently in a serious problem of shortages [… ] Peru imports 100% of the urea. We do not produce it internally. This […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Sudaca Perú: What is going on in the labour sector?
“What this bill does is make formal hiring more expensive. It will be more difficult for the most productive companies to hire more workers. There’s not much to look forward to in terms of productivity gains. The only beneficiaries of this code are workers who have a permanent contract and, particularly, unionized workers. [However] unionization […]
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Eduardo Zegarra on water management in Peru: a case study of the Ica Valley
“El estudio apunta a entender el vínculo entre el agua, la alimentación y la energía en un espacio específico en el que hay varios problemas con el uso del agua. Uno de los principales problemas es que la agricultura en el Valle de Ica básicamente usa el agua del acuífero. Hay evidencia de que el […]
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TV Perú: Eduardo Zegarra’s on the VAT exemption for five foods
“It is a measure with problems. One is that the reduction will not necessarily go to the final consumer. It is also quite regressive, because it favors those with greater purchasing power. It is better to make a program of direct economic support to families in poverty or in vulnerability, more or less 50% of […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Bloomberg Línea: “The probability of a young person getting a formal job would be even more difficult”
“The probability of a young person getting a formal job, which is already ridiculously low, would be even more difficult. If the labor policy announcements are oriented towards the fact that it will cost more to fire, that temporary contracts are limited, how do you want firms hire more? If the government really wants to […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts in RPP Noticias about food items that would be exempt from VAT
“The most serious thing has not been to include the pheasant or some other elements that are quite ridiculous, but to extend the rule until December 31 and include a VAT and tax credit refund mechanism that could involve very complicated tax fraud problems” . Listen to the opinion of our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra on […]
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Wilson Hernández in Latina: To ban motorcycles or not?
INEI data show that 40% of money, wallet or cell phone thefts are committed on a motorcycle. 30% of these robberies, in mototaxi. In some cities of Colombia they prohibited carrying a companion on a motorcycle or even the circulation of it. That study revealed that “in effect crime is reduced, but it is very […]
