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 […]
Associated Researchers
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Carmen Ponce San Román
PhD en Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmen Ponce is Associate Researcher at GRADE since 2005 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 […]
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 […]
Publications
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Estructura agraria y dinámica de pobreza rural en el Perú
2015 Javier Escobal, Carmen Armas
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Collective land access rights for enhancing smallholder livelihoods
2015 Timothy Njagi, Lilian Kirimi, Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave
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Inversión pública y descentralización: sus efectos sobre la pobreza rural en la última década
2015 Ricardo Fort, Héctor Paredes
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JournalWorld Development
Participatory Democracy and Effective Policy: Is There a Link? Evidence from Rural Peru
2015 Miguel Jaramillo, Glenn Daniel Wright
We examine the relationship between participatory democratic institutions and effective agricultural policy in rural Peruvian municipalities, using a unique quantitative dataset of 100 Peruvian municipalities at two points in time, allowing us to examine (a) bottom-up, grassroots participatory governance institutions, and (b) Peru’s top-down participatory budgeting reform implemented in all Peruvian sub-national governments in the […]
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Electrification and Educational Outcomes in Rural Peru
2015 Rosamaría Dasso, Fernando Fernandez, Hugo Ñopo
The authors study the effects of electrification on educational outcomes in Peru by taking advantage of a program that rapidly increased electricity coverage in rural areas. Using household survey panel data from 2007-2010, we document that: i) girls living in treated districts are more likely to be enrolled in school, and this effect is larger […]
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Estabilización y crecimiento en el Perú: política fiscal
1990
Exposición y posterior discusión sobre la reforma fiscal, que se realizará en el marco de la presentación de la propuesta de programa de estabilización para la economía peruana elaborada en GRADE.
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Lineamientos, diagnóstico y propuesta para un programa de estabilización
1990Javier Escobal,
El documento recoge exposiciones y comentarios sobre los lineamientos del programa de estabilización y crecimiento para el Perú, en el marco de la presentación de dicho programa, elaborado en GRADE.
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Política cambiaria, monetaria, financiera y de deuda
1990
Este documento recoge la discusión sobre las políticas cambiaria, monetaria, financiera y de deuda, en el marco de un programa de estabilización y crecimiento para el Perú elaborado en GRADE.
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Política fiscal y reforma tributaria
1990
Se muestra el fracaso de la política fiscal aplicada en el Perú durante los últimos años y se establecen los lineamientos generales y específicos que deberían orientar la política fiscal en el mediano plazo.
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Opciones de política de precios agrícolas en el Perú: el caso de las bandas de precios
1990Javier Escobal,
En el presente documento de trabajo se analiza, en base a la experiencia peruana, las principales motivaciones para la intervención del estado en el proceso de formación de precios agrícolas.
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News
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Sagasti’s administration and the agrarian agenda in the pandemic, by Eduardo Zegarra
November 25, 2020 Rural development and agriculture
“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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Eduardo Zegarra in Ideeleradio: “Among Peruvian farmers there is a feeling of helplessness”
November 3, 2020 Rural development and agriculture
“In the farmers there is a feeling of helplessness. As a result of the agricultural strike and some negotiating tables, this Government told them that it was going to start making policies in favor of family farming: propose a new Ministry of Agriculture with a vice-ministry of family farming, financing the National Family Farming Plan, […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, Institutional News
Más allá de los transgénicos: tecnología e innovación para una nueva revolución verde en el Perú, por Ricardo Fort
October 16, 2020 Rural development and agriculture
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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The failed and farcical start of FAE-Agro, now what?, by Eduardo Zegarra
October 8, 2020 Rural development and agriculture
“The Executive and Congress have the word (and the ability to act). Peruvian agriculture cannot continue to be mistreated in this way, with the sight and patience of all of us. It is not possible that we continue to pay our farmers like this, who with their effort and dedication feed us every day.” In the […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in El Comercio: FAE Agro will go to auction with 70% of the agricultural season advanced
September 24, 2020 Rural development and agriculture
The Business Support Fund for Agriculture (FAE Agro) will enter the auction with a trust contract approved yesterday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. These resources seek to finance the agricultural campaign that began in July. However, according to Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, “three months into the season, we already have between 60% and 70% […]
Events
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Eduardo Zegarra discussed on the findings of the Inclusive Agri-Food Chains project, at Apega forum
29/03/2017 9:00 am - 10:00 am Hotel Country Club (calle Los Eucaliptos 590, San Isidro) Rural development and agriculture
Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, discussed on the lessons and recommendations to boost agri-food value chains, regarding the finalization of the Inclusive Agri-Food Chains promoted by the Peruvian Gastronomic Society (Apega), with support from the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The presentation was conducted by the Project Coordinator, Luis Ginocchio. During his speech, Zegarra […]
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Eduardo Zegarra will be speaker and chair at the 7th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics
09/12/2016 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm Rural development and agriculture
Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, will be speaker and chair at the 7th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics, on December 8 and 9 in Bolivia. The event is held by the Society of Bolivian Economists (SEBOL), the Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD), the Bolivian Academy of Economic Sciences (ABCE), and Universidad Privada Boliviana (UPB). The conference […]
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GRADE on live, Publication Presentation
Presentación del libro “¿Agroindustria en la Amazonía? Posibilidades para el desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible de la palma aceitera en el Perú”
17/10/2016 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Rural development and agriculture, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
En la discusión sobre las posibilidades de desarrollo del cultivo agroindustrial de la palma aceitera en la Amazonía peruana se plasman varios de los principales debates modernos sobre modelos de desarrollo rural ambientalmente sostenibles y socioeconómicamente inclusivos. La historia de la expansión de este sector y los diversos problemas que enfrenta reflejan muchas de las […]
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Eduardo Zegarra is panelist at the ‘Contributions of Sierra Productiva program to national development’ Forum
26/07/2016 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Rural development and agriculture, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes
Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, will be panelist at the ‘Contributions of Sierra Productiva program to national development’ Forum, organized by the Capítulo de Ingeniería Agronómica y Zootecnia of the Engineers’ Association of Peru, on Tuesday, 26 July 2016. The discussion will be carried out by Carlos Paredes, General Coordinator of the Sierra Productiva program. The former Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Amat y León, […]
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GRADE on live, Publication Presentation
Book release: ‘Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas’
15/07/2016 5:30 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Rural development and agriculture
La Fundación Ford y el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo han publicado el libro “Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación de los avances del programa Haku Wiñay”, editado por Javier Escobal y Carmen Ponce. Puede descargar el documento de política, basado en el libro, aquí. El libro provee evidencia rigurosa de […]
- 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