Interview
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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 […]
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Ricardo Fort in Canal N: Intervention in food markets to prevent the spread of COVID-19
“The vast majority of Peruvian households buy their food in supply markets, more than 60% nationwide. That is why it is important to work with them. Not only close or move them, but understand the dynamics that occur inside in order to change the practices”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke with Verónica Linares of […]
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“The public school could be important again for the formation of democratic and healthy citizenships”, by Verónica Villarán via La Mula
“The economic crisis could generate migration from the private to the public school, which will be available. The public school could once again be of importance for the formation of democratic and healthy citizenships, so that we can all meet again in the public school. That would be an advantage, a gain in the midst […]
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Eduardo Zegarra spoke with La República about the possibility of a food shortage
Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke with La Republica newspaper about the possibility of a food shortage in the following days. In addition, it warns of the need for concrete measures to support the agricultural sector and protect agricultural producers.
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Alvaro Espinoza in TV Perú: food markets in priority areas of prevention and control for COVID-19
“We have looked at the areas with characteristics such as higher concentration of elderly, greater overcrowding in households, higher population density, and lack of water.” Alvaro Espinoza, adjunct researcher at GRADE, spoke with TVPerú about the identification of markets and supermarkets that serve the population living in areas of high vulnerability to the virus in […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: “In March and April, 16% to 20% of formal employment would be lost by COVID-19”
“In March and April 16% to 20% of formal employment would be lost by COVIDー19.” According to Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, this figure would correspond only to normal job rotation. The impact of the pandemic could increase the level if layoffs are considered. In addition, he believes that the horizon to recover activity […]
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Hugo Ñopo talks with the Colombian media about the economic plan to face the impact of coronavirus in Peru
“We have had 30 years of very good savings, of fiscal discipline, but also in those same years we have underinvested in people. Our investment in public health and education has been well below what our neighbors in the region invest and what that invests the developing world in general”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in La Mula: “If small farmers continue to be abandoned, we put the food of the cities at risk”
“If small farmers continue to be abandoned, we put the food of the cities at risk.” In the face of the coronavirus crisis, Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, warns of insufficient support from the Executive to family farming, a segment that produces most of the food that we Peruvians consume. Read this interview by […]
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Hugo Ñopo on Canal N: withdrawals of AFP’s funds to face coronavirus impact in Peru
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke with journalist Mávila Huertas of Canal N about the Executive’s resolution that allows affiliates of the AFP (Pension Funds Administrators) that did not contribute six months ago to withdraw until S / 2000, as part of the economic plan to face the coronavirus impact.
