Rural Development and Agriculture
GRADE researchers have a continuing interest in the state of agricultural and livestock production and the impacts of economic policy and reforms on the rural economy in Peru. Studies are carried out into forest economics, the impacts of public infrastructure on the rural economy, the main drivers of private investment, the dynamics of rural employment and migration, and rural financial systems.
Senior Researchers
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Javier Escobal D`Angelo
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Javier holds a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, and a Master’s degree from New York University, where he also carried out doctoral studies in Economics. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. He is also Co-Researcher in the Young Lives/Niños del Milenio longitudinal study, which follows more than 2000 children during the […]
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Ricardo Fort Meyer
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Ricardo Fort is an economist with a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He currently works as a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), where he works on projects related to the economic development of […]
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Manuel Glave Testino
PhD en Economics - University of Illinois en Champaign
Manuel Glave has a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is a Senior Researcher at GRADE where he specialises in rural development, environmental economics and natural resources, and where he undertakes analysis of public policy relating to agriculture and the environment. He is a Senior Professor in the Department of […]
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Eduardo Zegarra Méndez
PhD en Agricultural and Applied Economics - University of Wisconsin
Eduardo Zegarra is an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin, specializing in rural development and natural resource management. His dissertation explores the workings and failures of the water market in Chile. He has researched and published on a wide […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Elena Borasino Deustua
Master en - Wageningen University
Elena holds a master’s degree in International Development with mention in Development Economics from Wageningen University. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
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Mauricio Espinoza Hermoza
PhD candidate en - Wageningen University & Reseach
Mauricio is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE. He holds a master’s degree in Agriculture, Environment and Regional Economics from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently a PhD candidate in Economic Development at Wageningen University & Reseach in the Netherlands. His areas of […]
External Affiliated Researchers
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Carmen Ponce San Román
PhD en Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmen Ponce is an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE and is currently affiliated as Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (Toronto, Canada). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a MSc. In Economics from the University of Texas […]
Publications
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Infraestructura en la Amazonía peruana: una propuesta para proyectar cambios en la cobertura boscosa en la carretera Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul
Amazonía peruana y desarrollo económico2014 Karla Vergara, Miguel Figallo, Manuel Glave
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Economía del agua: conceptos y aplicaciones para una mejor gestión
2014 Eduardo Zegarra
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Inclusión social: diálogos entre la investigación y las políticas públicas
2014 Martín Benavides, Miguel Jaramillo, Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Nestor Valdivia, Lorena Alcazar, Manuel Glave, Maria Balarin, Juan Jose Diaz, Juana Kuramoto, Gerardo Damonte
Esta publicación recoge el espíritu del seminario internacional "Cambios Institucionales para un Estado más Inclusivo" (julio de 2012), y apunta a lo más relevante y valioso de cada exposición, intervención y comentario.
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JournalDevelopment Policy Review
Places for Place-Based Policy
2014 M. Rose Olfert, Mark Patridge, Julio Berdegué, Javier Escobal
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Projects
News
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Eduardo Zegarra gives his thoughts about the 35% increase in the agricultural public budget for 2019
September 1, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
La República newspaper gathered the thoughts of our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, about the 35% increase in the agricultural public budget for the year 2019. Regarding investment in irrigation, he said that priority should be given to execution in the areas of the Sierra “where the gap in access to water is quite strong”. Regarding […]
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The relevance of evaluating the impact of tax exemptions
August 24, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
“The evidence suggests that the tax benefits to the high Andean areas have not had the desired impact.” Our senior researchers, Javier Escobal, shares in HacerPeru the findings of his recent study and the importance of evaluating the impacts of tax exemptions, frequently used as a mechanism to promote investment.
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How to protect the national production of rice and corn against imports? Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts
July 18, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
How to protect the national production of rice and corn against imports? Regarding the Government’s recent action facing the demand of small producers to prohibit the importation of rice, our senior researcher Eduardo Zegarra recommends for both products to negotiate with the agro-industry, in such a way that the tariffs are lowered, but under the […]
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Ricardo Fort gives his thoughts on the challenges of small-scale agriculture
July 16, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
How to advance in the challenges of small-scale agriculture? Our senior researcher, Ricardo Fort, gives his thoughts in La República newspaper: “The development of the agro-export sector is beneficial, but it could be more if we built cooperative platforms between all the sectors from the State that allow an apprenticeship of what the agro-export sector has already advanced and transmit […]
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Countryman’s Day: Eduardo Zegarra gives his thoughts on the state of little agriculture in Peru
June 25, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
On the sidelines of the Countryman’s Day, our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, give his thoughts in Agraria.pe on the state of small agriculture. He thinks that the Law for the Agrarian Promotion must homologate its labor regime with the general regime, in such a way that “the agricultural workers have guaranteed all they corresponding rights”. […]
Events
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Investigadores de GRADE participarán en el seminario internacional Protección social, emprendimiento y activación del mercado laboral: evidencias para mejores políticas
10/09/2014 → 11/09/2014 8:30 am - 7:30 pm Local de IPEA (Brasilia, Brasil) Rural development and agriculture, Employment, productivity and innovation, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions
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Ministro del Ambiente y otros expertos comentarán el libro “Perú: el problema agrario en debate. SEPIA XV”
14/08/2014 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Rural development and agriculture, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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GRADE and IEP will held “Hacia un Desarrollo Inclusivo y Sostenible en América Latina: Diálogos entre Investigación y Políticas Públicas” International Seminar
25/06/2014 → 26/06/2014 8:30 am - 8:00 pm Auditorio del IEP y Auditorio de GRADE Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions
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Cusco: Eduardo Zegarra y otros expertos participarán en foro sobre agricultura familiar, alimentación y desarrollo
06/05/2014 4:00 pm Auditorio de la Municipalidad Provincial del Cusco Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
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Javier Escobal será comentarista en la presentación de estudio sobre la efectividad del programa Juntos en contextos indígenas
14/11/2013 8:00 am Hotel Westin Rural development and agriculture, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
