Media GRADE
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The failed and farcical start of FAE-Agro, now what?, by Eduardo Zegarra
“The Executive and Congress have the word (and the ability to act). Peruvian agriculture cannot continue to be mistreated in this way, with the sight and patience of all of us. It is not possible that we continue to pay our farmers like this, who with their effort and dedication feed us every day.” In the […]
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“Such things don’t happen to a young lady”, by Wilson Hernández
“Machismo is a headless monster. It is everywhere and nowhere. School and family are pointed out as spaces to change the way we conceive women and men. But what roles should the media play? of communication before comments to their news that blame the victims of the aggressions they suffer? “. In his new op-ed for […]
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Miguel Jaramillo and other experts suggested measures to encourage formal hiring in firms. Article from El Comercio
“Employment subsidies should target the most vulnerable groups and also training.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, was one of the experts consulted by El Comercio to suggest ways to promote the hiring of formal workers among firms.
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Lorena Alcázar joined a CIES-UNDP dialogue on the transformative role of young people in the pandemic. Note from La Mula
“A dropout shock in education is going to be an important determinant that in the future young people have a higher probability of having a precarious job.” Lorena Alcázar was one of the panelists of the virtual dialogue held by the Consortium for Economic and Social Research and the United Nations Development Program Peru on youth and […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in El Comercio: FAE Agro will go to auction with 70% of the agricultural season advanced
The Business Support Fund for Agriculture (FAE Agro) will enter the auction with a trust contract approved yesterday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. These resources seek to finance the agricultural campaign that began in July. However, according to Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, “three months into the season, we already have between 60% and 70% […]
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Mining in Peru and Chile: the quality of dialogue needs to be lifted up, by Manuel Glave
Although Peru and Chile have implemented the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), it has little credibility and trust among populations and it has not been a mechanism that prevents socio-environmental conflict. In this Ojo Público article, our senior researcher Manuel Glave analyzes the mechanisms of citizen participation in territories with large-scale mining based on a recent study comparing both countries.
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Santiago Cueto in RPP Noticias: The danger of school dropouts during the pandemic
According to the Ministry of Education, 230 thousand students have left the educational system this year. What factors are associated with school dropout? The study by Santiago Cueto, country director of Young Lives Peru and Executive Director at GRADE, and colleagues find two main ones: the need to work and the lack of interest in studying. “It is […]
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State populism and the informal city, by Ricardo Fort
“The apparent sensitivity of this measure to the poorest and homeless families, in reality mainly benefits the land trafficking mafias, validating their promises of formality and future services, based on which they charge a higher price and invested their profitability”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, writes in El Comercio about the new law for the formalization of […]
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Hugo Ñopo in CGTN: Peru struggles to overcome pandemic, restart economy
According to Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, the current economy reopening strategies are not working. Why? “One important element here is the gap between the design and the implementation. We have great designs as bonuses, Reactiva Peru, incentives to families and to businesses, but the problem did not materialize in a timely way”, he […]
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As economy, crime reboots, by Wilson Hernández
“Just as many sellers now seek to recover what was lost by changing their line of business or charging a premium, criminals act under a similar logic of reactivation that I summarize into three dimensions: recover what was lost (commit crimes more frequently), diversify their criminal activities (and not only theft of cell phones, but wallets, […]
