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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La ciudad se acerca: un estudio de las dinámicas y estrategias de la comunidad campesina Uñas ante la expansión urbana de Huancayo
Dinámicas territoriales rurales; seguridad alimentaria; desafíos ambientales2012 Manuel Etesse
Compilación de las Mimeos presentadas en la Conferencia SEPIA XIV organizada por el Seminario Permanente de Investigación Agraria (SEPIA) en la ciudad de Piura del 23 al 26 Agosto del 2011.
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Desarrollo rural y recursos naturales
2012 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce, Manuel Glave, Gerardo Damonte
Tres Mimeos del Seminario Recursos naturales y desarrollo rural en el Perú (1980-2010) realizado en noviembre del 2010 con el auspicio de la Fundación Ford, a través del Instituto de Educación Internacional y del IDRC.
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Una mirada de largo plazo a la economía campesina en los Andes
Desarrollo rural y recursos naturales2012 Carmen Ponce, Javier Escobal
Se muestra la evolución de las economías en Pomacanchi y Yanamarca -denominadas originalmente por Daniel Cotlear como "tradicional" y "moderna")- en las últimas dos décadas y qué rol ha tenido la política pública, tanto aquella que es común a ambas zonas -como el cambio de los precios relativos- como aquella que es particular a cada territorio.
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Ordenamiento territorial y desarrollo en el Perú: Notas conceptuales y balance de logros y limitaciones
Desarrollo rural y recursos naturales2012 Manuel Glave
El objetivo de este trabajo es resumir los diferentes alcances que el concepto de ordenamiento territorial presenta en la realidad peruana, así como, en qué contexto se desarrolla y cómo se podría operacionalizar su implementación.
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JournalWorld Development
Transaction Costs, Institutional Arrangements and Inequality Outcomes: Potato Marketing by Small Producers in Rural Peru
2012 Javier Escobal, Denice Cavero
We explore the distributional effects of lowering transaction costs to allow access to improved market opportunities for small farmers in the Peruvian Highlands.
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Projects
News
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Ricardo Fort y Mauricio Espinoza expusieron estudio que formó parte de informe del Banco Mundial sobre la agricultura peruana
March 2, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts on the issues surrounding the strike of potato producers in Ideeleradio
February 2, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
“For more than two decades, there has been an absolute abandonment of family farming in Peru,” said Eduardo Zegarra in Ideeleradio about the strike of potato producers. Our senior researcher also explained that the challenges of potato cultivation can only be faced with strong and well-structured policies, such as a sowing information and management system […]
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GRADE among the most influential social policy think tanks worldwide, according to University of Pennsylvania
January 30, 2018 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
For the eighth consecutive year, GRADE has been distinguished among the Top Social Policy Think Tanks in the world —29th place—, according to 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. This study, conducted by the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program at the University of Pennsylvania, classified 7815 organizations around the world in global and regional lists and by […]
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Eduardo Zegarra gives his thoughts about the subsidy requested to Minagri for the potato growers that sow at height
January 23, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
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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Manuel Glave criticizes Minagri’s procedure to solve the potato producers’ strike
January 12, 2018 Rural development and agriculture
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 […]
Events
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Se discutirán aportes metodológicos para el monitoreo de la deforestación desde los sectores Transporte y Energía en taller coorganizado por la Fundación Moore, IEP y GRADE
05/02/2013 8:30 am - 10:30 am Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Rural development and agriculture, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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Manuel Glave analizará el caso peruano en sesión de la Comisión de Pueblos Andinos sobre proyectos de ordenamiento territorial
04/12/2012 Congreso de la República Rural development and agriculture, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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GRADE on live, Publication Presentation
Presentación y discusión del libro ‘Estudio comparativo de intervenciones para el desarrollo rural de la Sierra sur del Perú’
05/11/2012 5:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Rural development and agriculture
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Carmen Ponce comentará los primeros resultados del programa Nuevas Trenzas: Conociendo a la Mujeres Rurales Jóvenes de América Latina
11/10/2012 8:30 am Hotel Meliá Lima (Av. Salaverry 2599, San Isidro) Rural development and agriculture
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Se presentará el libro “Perú: el Problema Agrario en Debate. SEPIA XIV”
21/08/2012 9:00 am Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Rural development and agriculture
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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
