Opinion Article
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Employment: the three dogmas of the old formality, by Hugo Ñopo
“In Peru, with limited access to capital and poorly developed financial markets, work is even more important. Labor incomes cover three-quarters of the budgets of Peruvian households. Therefore, there is no better welfare policy than promoting a better job market”. Read the new op-ed by Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, in El Comercio.
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Proposal for the reactivation of family farming, by Eduardo Zegarra
“In the best scenario, agrarian poverty has increased from 40 to 60% in this period, and may reach 80% at the end of the year if concrete and comprehensive measures are not taken to support agriculture.” Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, shares a proposal for the reactivation of family farming via Noticias SER.
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What do we have at home? The assets of the Peruvians, by Hugo Ñopo
“Beyond the comparison of the ownership of refrigerators with color televisions, there is another that worries and has been important in the context of this pandemic as well: the possession of bank accounts. Access to this service is even less than the possession of refrigerators in the country. ” Read the recent article by Hugo […]
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Insecurity in Peru, by Eduardo Zegarra
The sanitary crisis, due to the coronavirus in Peru, is also becoming a food crisis. A recent survey by INEI to families in Metropolitan Lima and Callao during the first week of May 2020 attests to that. 14% of households said they had been unable to buy protein-containing foods such as meat, fish, and eggs. […]
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From the pandemics to food crisis in Peru, by Eduardo Zegarra, via Ojo Público
In May, 14% of households in Lima and Callao could not buy protein foods such as meat, fish and eggs due to lack of money. At the national level, in all urban Peru the number rises to 3.5 million people; not counting the rural areas, hard hit. With the high number of contagions in the […]
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The limits of the state response to COVID-19 in the artisanal fishing sector, by Isabel Gonzales
“It is urgent that the credit be made effective in a timely manner, in order to avoid the depletion of resources, the precariousness of households dependent on artisanal fishing and exposure to contact situations in the midst of the health crisis that has been hitting the sector”. Our assistant researcher, Isabel Gonzales, analyzes the functioning of […]
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Santiago Cueto in El Peruano: “Today, more than ever, early childhood is in the hands of families”
“Today, more than ever, those first years of life are in the hands of families. Although families cannot assume health-related interventions, they can take on some educational aspects. We do not need to be initial education teachers to think and give time so that our girls and boys get involved in different activities related to […]
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Crisis sanitaria y pesca artesanal: infraestructuras, focos y vectores
Por: Isabel E. Gonzales1 2 Aunque la pesca artesanal continuó sus actividades durante la cuarentena, la crisis por la pandemia ha impactado en el sector. Una serie de contagios recientes en transportistas y comerciantes ha paralizado la actividad. Esto ha provocado la precarización económica de sus trabajadores y ha aumentado el riesgo de contagios. En este […]
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COVID-19 y violencias contra las mujeres: ¿Qué están haciendo otros países y qué podemos hacer en el Perú?
Por: Wilson Hernández Breña. Ya sabemos que la pandemia incrementa el riesgo de violencia contra las mujeres. Antes de que sea tarde, saquemos lecciones de lo que otros países están haciendo para contener y prevenir la violencia, porque este problema no acaba con la cuarentena. Foto: Proyecto CREER. Las violencias contra las mujeres suelen aumentar […]
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Propuesta de medidas para reducir aglomeraciones y contagios en los mercados de abastos
Por: Ricardo Fort y Alvaro Espinoza. Hace casi un mes, nuestro artículo sobre focos de contagio en Lima advirtió e identificó los principales mercados que podían convertirse en focos de contagio del COVID-19. Hoy sabemos que más del 20% de los comerciantes en el Mercado Caqueta están infectados con el virus. Aquí presentamos una lista de […]
