Interview
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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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Eduardo Zegarra in Ideeleradio: “Among Peruvian farmers there is a feeling of helplessness”
“In the farmers there is a feeling of helplessness. As a result of the agricultural strike and some negotiating tables, this Government told them that it was going to start making policies in favor of family farming: propose a new Ministry of Agriculture with a vice-ministry of family farming, financing the National Family Farming Plan, […]
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Hugo Ñopo in RPP Noticias: How to get a job in times of COVID-19?
“The most important determinant of long-term productivity is human capital. This measure is not just the number of years people went to study, but the skills they developed in the school world. There in lies the key to the long-term employability. […] We must pay attention to a very low-cost or zero-cost public offer of […]
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Hugo Ñopo in La República’s Sigrid.pe: factors that explain why the quarantine in Peru would not have worked
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, spoke with Sigrid Bazán, from La República, about the factors that explain why the quarantine in Peru would not have worked. On the issue of informality, he said: “Little more than 6 million independent workers, almost 5 million people bring to their home at the end of the month an amount […]
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Ricardo Fort in RPP Noticias: new strategies to avoid crowds in food markets and bus stops
“What we have been proposing is to target a strategy that is territorially focused, articulated in the territory, and that has local participation.” Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, talked with Mónica Delta of RPP Noticias about the relevance of taking into account the heterogeneity of the different areas of the country while implementing new efforts to avoid the crowds […]
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A talk between Hugo Ñopo and Elmer Huerta M.D. in RPP Noticias: Social determinants of health
“Four out of ten Peruvians work independently. Of those four, three work in a very precarious way due to what they manage to carry out at the end of the month at their household is below the minimum vital wage of 900 soles” . These are some of the figures that Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared with […]
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Coronavirus: An Opportunity to Beat Informality? Interview with Hugo Ñopo
Can Peru aim at development as an informal country? Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shares his thoughts: “No, and this opportunity of the pandemic has been showing us. It is proving very difficult to reach these households whose employment is basically informal with effective help. It would do us a better job as a country , […]
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Ricardo Fort in RPP: “If you don’t control food wholesalers, even if you control food retailers, the flow of contagion will go on”
“Depending on our location, all sellers in retail markets go five times a week to buy their merchandise from wholesalers. That is the worst contact ratio. If you don’t control food wholesalers, even if you control food retailers the flow of contagion will go on. Closing the market is an immediate measure, but it must […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Canal N: sectors that suffer the most from the economic crisis due to the pandemic
“There are two groups that appear to be less likely to receive government aid. On the one hand, the poor are not identifiable, given the problems of the patterns with which they identify beneficiary households. On the other hand, the emerging middle class , who is not far from the poverty line, but who due […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in RPP Noticias: What are the strategies for the proper functioning of the food markets?
“The treatment of wholesale markets, which are a very large area of possible contagion, must be differentiated. Only the Great Wholesale Market of Lima gathers approximately 30 thousand people daily, including merchants, transporters, stevedores, buyers. This population gathers all the days and then scattered throughout the city. ” Listen to the interview with our senior […]
