Media GRADE
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Hugo Ñopo’s opinion in Convoca on Peru Congress’ Education Commission and the gender focus in school curriculum
The investigative journalism association Convoca highlighted the opinion of Hugo Ñopo on the current Congress of the Republic Education commission. According to our Senior Researcher, the gender focus policy in the primary and secondary school curricula will suffer a setback in this five-year period since both the caucus that presides this commission and the official caucus have “critical views” on it. […]
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Military Service for NEETs: Policy Based on Prejudice or Evidence ?, by María Fernanda Rodríguez and Cristina Glave
“The reasons that lead the vast majority of these young people to this situation are linked to structural problems such as job insecurity, poverty and gender inequalities.” Our Adjunct Researcher Maria Fernanda Rodríguez and Cristina Glave, associated at APOYO Consultoría, write in OjoPúblico about the fact that President Pedro Castillo announced in his inaugural speech that NEETs […]
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Hugo Ñopo’s opinion in The Washington Post on the announcement of compulsory military service for NEETs
In regard of President Castillo’s proposal to make military service compulsory for young people who are neither working nor studying, Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, warns that two thirds of those likely to be eligible for military service would actually be women, and that a draft could lead to the abuse of indigenous and […]
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RPP Noticias highlights Miguel Jaramillo’s opinion about the recovery of employment rates
“I would expect that, under an estimated GDP growth of 3% for 2022, which is optimistic (since some predict that GDP could fall), the increase in formal employment will be close to zero (0%), unless the Ministerial Cabinet gives signs of confidence to private investment “. Read the opinion of our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo on […]
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Hugo Ñopo shares his opinion in El País on the impact of the pandemic on poverty figures
What explains the vulnerability that has left Peru among the countries most affected by the pandemic? According to our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo, the problem lies in the “dysfunctionality” of the labor market, “responsible for 80% of household income”, and its relative inability to translate “macro bonanza into micro well-being”. He adds: “In Peru, four out […]
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Ricardo Fort: What agriculture expects from the next government. An interview by Agro Peru Informa
“The key is to help the country come out of the economic crisis as quickly as possible and that is done through the engine of public investment. It is necessary to continue with small projects that help the continuity in the demand for local labor in rural areas, cleaning roads and irrigation canals, construction of […]
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Perú Debate: Miguel Jaramillo talked with Gustavo Yamada about employment and labor informality
“Going towards a system where companies contract formally and can live in formality in a simpler way is clearly the route to follow. In addition, social protection is an element that the population is demanding and that would allow, under a scheme less burdened towards the labor market, that companies have a higher level of […]
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Hugo Ñopo joined a Perú Debate and RPP podcast on educational policies
Education is one of the most relevant matters of any goverment. In this chapter, Sandra Carrillo (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos) and Hugo Ñopo (GRADE) talk about the policy paper “Policies for an equitative and inclusive education”. A podcast from “Perú Debate 2021: proposals for a better goverment” Project and RPP Noticias.
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Ricardo Fort’s opinion in América Economía on the economic challenges of the next Peruvian goverment
“There is very little criteria for territorial planning and distribution of public investment. The investment system that dates back to the 90s looks at project by project and not the whole. They carry out isolated projects that are not connected to each other. There is no connection between the sectors. and between the levels of government. […]
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Why have we had such poor health results in the face of COVID-19 ?, by Miguel Jaramillo and Kristian López
“The most lethal error of the first months of the pandemic was one made up of economics and epidemiology: the poor determination of the social value of the massification of diagnostic tests and contact tracing.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, and Kristian López, director of LEEPS Laboratory, characterize the poor performance of the COVID ー […]
