Media GRADE
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Gestión: Consequences of keeping higher education partially virtual, according to Young Lives Peru
“The perception that young people have regarding the low quality of the virtual education they receive is an element of risk in the face of educational interruption or desertion.” Diario Gestión gathered the findings of the qualitative study Young Lives Peru, “Trayectorias educativas: seguimiento a jóvenes peruanos en pandemia” (Educational trajectories: monitoring young Peruvians in […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: “Clear processes are needed for any regulatory reform and a public discussion based more on evidence than on ideological principles”
“A first point is that the Ministry establishes a clear position regarding the generation of formal employment. […] A second point is the need to have a stable regulatory framework. Norms cannot be approved without following a minimum public discussion procedure. Another point is what the Ministry can do to make life in formality easier. […]
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Labor market and poverty, by Miguel Jaramillo Baanante
“The number of people with a formal job was the lowest in almost a decade, 3.78 million people. The combination of low growth in formal employment, growing informality and meager recovery of income in the informal sector condemns us to greater poverty”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, analyzes the panorama of the labor market and poverty […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in La República: international price of urea shows decline
“The international price of urea has started to decline, which is good news. The problem is that this drives demand in preparation for the next campaign. Acquiring urea in the commercial circuit in this context is even more complicated.” Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, shared his opinion in La República on the second call to obtain an […]
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Eduardo Zegarra on Canal N: political and productive measures in the face of the agricultural crisis
“About 500,000 small and medium-sized producers use fertilizers more intensively. The hardest hit of this crisis is concentrated on them and policies should focus on them. In the approach that is being made there there is a first mistake, because it is being said that this is a program to alleviate poverty, when we are […]
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Who will suffer more with the inflation?, by Hugo Ñopo
“The good and services which the poor consume are those whose prices have been rising the most. The most recent INEI report states that between June 2021 and May 2022, food prices in Peru rose 14 %; housing prices, 12 %; and transportation prices, 11%. These items represent 4/5 of the consumption basket of poor households in the […]
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Fertilizer acquisition process was unclaimed. Opinion of Eduardo Zegarra RPP News
“The crisis that could be generated is much more serious because for the first time an international price crisis would be joining a deep agrarian crisis, due to the lack of fertilizers. It is of extreme concern. The government has to take urgent measures and extraordinary”. Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, analyzes in RPP Noticias the […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts on food insecurity in Peru for a UK project
“The main vacuum in the Peruvian case is that we do not have an official measurement of food insecurity. It is almost impossible to organize policies if you do not have a clear understanding of what is happening and the factors behind the issue. Peru has a long tradition of measuring poverty and other social […]
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Eduardo Zegarra: “Many people are buying less quality and quantity (of food), especially in the poorest strata”
“The increase in annualized food inflation is around 15%. This data is very strong because it is a year in which Peruvian families have seen their income stagnant or falling. People have a little less income and now they have to go to buy food that is more expensive. Many people are buying less quality […]
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Eduardo Zegarra on TV Peru: falling prices of avocados and mangoes
“In both markets, there is a saturation due to an offer that has been increasing year after year. On the other hand, exporting is now more expensive, because there are serious difficulties with containers and marketing processes. This is having a strong impact, above all, in medium and small producers. Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, discussed on […]
