Institutional News
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GRADE’s researchers among scientists in Peru with higher scholar impact in Google Scholar, according to Webometrics
According to Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, ten GRADE’s researchers are among scientists in Peru with higher scholar impact (citations) in Google Scholar. Our members are ranked as following: Puesto Nombre Índice h* Citaciones 10 Santiago Cueto 26 3984 11 Javier Escobal 25 2921 19 Hugo Ñopo 21 1486 41 Martín Valdivia 16 1291 47 Juan […]
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Javier Escobal is member of 2017 National Censuses Advisory Commitee
Through Supreme Decree N° 288-2016-PCM, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru set the 2017 National Censuses Advisory Commitee: 12th Population, 7th Housing and 3rd Indigenous Peoples. This body will address strategies, planning, monitoring and evaluation of the national censuses. Our senior researcher, Javier Escobal, is one of the five independent experts appointed as commitee members, […]
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CLOSED VACANCY. GRADE long course: Evaluation for Development Programmes
ACTUALIZACIÓN: ¡Cupos completos! Agradecemos la gran acogida de nuestro #cursoGRADE Evaluación de Programas de Desarrollo. Si no pudiste inscribirte, recuerda que este curso forma parte de una serie que abriremos con regularidad, por lo que tendrás más oportunidades para participar. La evaluación es parte fundamental del diseño y la operatividad efectiva de un programa. Los […]
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GRADE gana el Premio PODER 2016 al think tank del año y al think tank sobre políticas sociales
En una ceremonia en la librería El Virrey, llevada a cabo el 19 de octubre, el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo fue galardonado con el Premio PODER 2016 al think tank del año y al think tank sobre políticas sociales. La cuarta edición del premio, organizado por la revista PODER y la plataforma On Think […]
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Empirical studies on social policy and gender in Peru
We share the findings from two empirical studies on social policy and gender on Thursday 11, July. Both studies were carried out upon request of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP). The first study, “The impacts of Juntos program in empowerment indicators of rural women”, was led by Lorena Alcázar. The second study, “Evaluation of a women training program in Cañete”, was […]
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Santiago Cueto is honored as distinguished PUCP graduate
Nos sumamos a las felicitaciones a Santiago Cueto, director de investigación de GRADE, quien fue reconocido como ex alumno distinguido por la Asociación de Egresados y Graduados de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (AEG-PUCP). Un extracto de su semblanza dicta: “…su vida profesional ha estado orientada a estudiar con ahínco el sistema educativo peruano, analizando […]
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Dialogue on politics: presentations and reportage
RESUMEN DEL SEMINARIO Revisar el pacto social-fiscal y avanzar en la formación de capital humano fueron las dos grandes tareas, con miras a la mejora de la productividad del país, expuestas al premier Fernando Zavala durante la clausura del seminario Diálogo de Políticas, organizado por GRADE. Durante dos jornadas, 26 y 27 de septiembre, el […]
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IDRC governors and GRADE researchers discussed Research, Youth & Gender
On the sidelines of the visit of International Development Research Centre (IDRC / CRDI) governors to GRADE, on August 20 was held a Research, Youth & Gender panel discussion. During the meeting, our senior researchers shared GRADE’s findings from studying these topics.
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Eduardo Zegarra shared research findings on Juntos program at MIDIS-CIES Ministerial Dialogue
Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, shared the main findings of his study on the effects of Juntos on rural households’ productive decisions in Peru, on Friday, August 26th, as part of the discussion of four studies sponsored by the Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social (CIES) with policy recommendations for the Peruvian Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion […]
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Javier Escobal has been appointed as member of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru board
Through the supreme decrees 194-2016-PCM and 195-2016-PCM, the Presidency of Council of Ministers of Peru (PCM) appointed three members of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) Board, including Javier Escobal, senior researcher at GRADE, together with Luis Palomino and Gustavo Yamada. Besides, through the supreme decree 193-2016-PCM, Julio Velarde was ratified as board chairman. The experts elected join the current board members Eduardo González and Drago Kisic […]