Opinion Article
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The Agrarian Law in Limbo, Where to Go?, by Eduardo Zegarra
“The responsibility for this crisis is there, not in the workers who are desperate and have been harmed by this situation for so long. We hope that this time Congress and the Executive do realize that the most urgent thing is to solve this problem with measures that we believe are viable and make economic […]
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A victory of the agrarian workers?, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The most critical problem in the labor markets in our country, agricultural or in other sectors, is informality. Policies that want to favor workers should focus on this problem.” The new op-ed of our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo for El Comercio addresses the repealed labor regime of the Agrarian Promotion Law.
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Wilson Hernández shares his opinion in El Comercio about the police reform: lay the foundations and propose a plan
What this government will do is lay the foundations for the police reform and propose a work plan for a commission to execute it as of July 28, 2021. But in these months of the transitional government, progress can be made on important issues”. According to our adjunct researcher, Wilson Hernández, these issues are three: improving the […]
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Sagasti’s administration and the agrarian agenda in the pandemic, by Eduardo Zegarra
“It is no small thing that the new government administration must face in the midst of a pandemic. […] Peruvian agriculture deserves a change of course now, with a vision of development and attention to the needs of our more than two million family farmers For the good of the country, we hope and hope […]
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The National Educational Project to 2036, by Santiago Cueto
“The PEN’s considerations on full citizenship and strengthening democracy are relevant to the current context. […] The pandemic has made inequities very evident or has exacerbated. Aprendo en Casa and the program to close digital gaps point in the direction However, we constantly hear stories of students who cannot regularly connect to their classes due […]
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Come On, Guys: It’s Time Men Got More Involved at Home, by Hugo Ñopo
“One of the biggest hurdles women face when it comes to professional opportunities lies at home. We — husbands, fathers, sons and brothers — are largely responsible for the inequality that stems from our own behavior in the household. And we do this to the people we love!”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, writes in Americas Quaterly […]
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When the “good” neighborhoods ruin the “bad” ones, by Wilson Hernández
“When an adolescent lives in a vulnerable neighborhood, his propensity to commit a crime is greater when there are people with less vulnerability in the surroundings neighborhoods. But, according to the aforementioned study, this is not the case when the surroundings neighborhoods are also vulnerable”. Our adjunct researcher Wilson Hernández highlighted the findings of a […]
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Más allá de los transgénicos: tecnología e innovación para una nueva revolución verde en el Perú, por Ricardo Fort
Hoy el Congreso debate la moratoria al ingreso y producción de productos transgénicos. Si bien los organismos modificados han generado debate por la posibilidad de tener efectos negativos sobre la biodiversidad y la salud, así como por la concentración de patentes, existen otros avances tecnológicos que podrían mejorar los cultivos y las condiciones de los […]
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Teenage childbearing as inequality, by Wilson Hernández
“Teenage mothers are concentrated in certain areas of Lima. Not only that. In addition, living in a neighborhood where there is a pregnant adolescent increases the probability of becoming such. This would be a kind of ‘social contagion’ in an environment that also normalizes motherhood when it is not very high in the neighborhood. ” […]
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Labor market in pandemic, when the procession goes inside (from home), by Hugo Ñopo
“The component of informality that has increased the most is that of unpaid family workers. These are workers who, although from their condition they reduce the unemployment rate, they increase the informality rate. […] This is a subtle form of job insecurity, inside the home “. Read the new op-ed by Hugo Ñopo, GRADE’s senior researcher, […]
