Media GRADE
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Eduardo Zegarra gives his thoughts about the subsidy requested to Minagri for the potato growers that sow at height
Regarding the subsidy requested to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Peru for the potato growers that sow more than 3000 meters high, our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, said in La República that this subsidy should be channeled through a service platform of support to the farmer: “It would make a strong job of […]
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Javier Escobal shares his thoughts in a Venezuelan newspaper about the origins, impact and actions to counteract hyperinflation
The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional analyzes how the stabilization programs of Latin American countries such as Peru were achieved and what sacrifices they made to overcome the hyperinflation that Venezuela faces today. Our senior researcher, Javier Escobal, shares his thoughts about its origins, impact and actions to counteract this phenomenon: “All the hyperinflations around the world have holded up […]
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Manuel Glave criticizes Minagri’s procedure to solve the potato producers’ strike
The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) announced an upcoming emergency decree that would authorize the regional governments of Huancavelica, Huánuco, Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín to buy surplus potato production and allocate it to social programs. This as a solution to the strike of potato producers drived by the fall in the price of this […]
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Labor policy: we must look at the evidence, by Miguel Jaramillo
“We need a system that provides flexibility, decriminalizes dismissal and protects workers, not jobs”. Miguel Jaramillo, Executive Director at GRADE, shares his thoughts in El Comercio on effects of the contract reform promoted by the TC (Peruvian Constitutional Court) over the decisions regarding the type of contract used in the labor market and its consequences […]
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Labor stability: good intentions and perverse results, by Miguel Jaramillo
Miguel Jaramillo shares his thoughts in Gestión about the effects of the labor reform promoted by the Constitutional Court in 2001 on the type of contract decisions and the well-being of workers: “This reform led to the replacement of just over 900,000 permanent jobs. Due to permanent contracts offer better salaries than temporary contracts, the loss […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Gestión: “The 2001 labor reform leads to very negative effects on workers”
Gestión highlights the findings from the study by Miguel Jaramillo, Julio Almonacid and Luciana de la Flor, “The desprotective effects of employment protection”, which addresses the impact of the ruling issued by the Constitutional Court in 2001 on decisions of the type of contract used in the Peruvian labor market and the workers’ well-being. According to Jaramillo: “In the […]
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Why is there an “epidemic” of temporary contracts in Peru?
The Peruvian Institute of Economics, via El Comercio, highlights the findings of the study by Miguel Jaramillo, Julio Almonacid and Luciana De La Flor, “The deprotecting effects of employment protection: the impact of the 2001 labor reform”. The stury shows that by 2015, the ruling of the Constitutional Court of 2001 would have cost the creation […]
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Inclusive education: What can be done to achieve it?
How can we achieve a truly inclusive education? In an exchange of e-mails, Mariana Rodríguez, chair at Laureate in Peru, and Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, discusses discrepancies and found matching points to address the challenge of improving education in our country. The article was published by El Comercio.
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Javier Escobal gives his thoughts on the doubts and criticisms left by the 2017 Census
El Comercio gathered the thoughts of Javier Escobal, senior researcher at GRADE and member of the Advisory Council of the National Censuses, during the press conference after the 2017 Census. Javier discussed the census omission of housing in urban areas; between 2% and 3% of the total population, according to the head of the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI): “The […]
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MIDIS 4th Social Inclusion Week: Lorena Alcázar discussed The Lancet proposals for early childhood public policies
Our senior researcher, Lorena Alcázar, shared the main messages of The Lancet proposals for early childhood public policies discussed at the VI Social Inclusion Week (15-19 October), held by the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS): “A message is the relevance of investing in the early years of children, showing the cost of the effects of this group not achieving […]
