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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Impactos del proyecto desde una aproximación cuantitativa
Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación del programa Haku Wiñay2016 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce, Cynthia Paz
Este capítulo presenta los resultados de la evaluación de impacto —con enfoque cuantitativo—del proyecto Haku Wiñay en las condiciones de vida de hogares que además han sido usuarios del programa Juntos. Como se mencionó en el capítulo 2, el proyecto busca incidir en diversas esferas de la vida de los hogares, y es de esperar […]
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Combinando programas sociales con otras intervenciones
Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación del programa Haku Wiñay2016 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce
Javier Escobal y Carmen Ponce presentan una discusión sobre la experiencia internacional en torno a la combinación de programas sociales con intervenciones de corte productivo desde una perspectiva histórica. Este capítulo permite iniciar la reflexión sobre el impacto del proyecto Haku Wiñay en entornos intervenidos por el programa Juntos, pues identifica consensos y retos compartidos, […]
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De la Amazonía su palma. Aportes a la gestión territorial en la región Loreto
2016 Roxana Barrantes, Elena Borasino, Manuel Glave, Miguel La Rosa,
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JournalEconomía y Sociedad
Impactos del programa Juntos en las decisiones productivas de los hogares rurales del Perú
2015 Eduardo Zegarra
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¿Es necesaria una Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo Rural en el Perú? Aportes para el debate y propuesta de implementación
2015 Ricardo Fort, María Isabel Remy, Héctor Paredes
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Reorientación de la política monetaria en el Perú: avances y problemas
1993
En este artículo se plantea una regla de control monetario que toma en cuenta la evolución esperada de la producción como alternativa a la actual estrategia de control monetario tendiente a reducir la inflación.
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El ciclo económico en el Perú
1993
Caracterización del ciclo económico en el Perú a través del comportamiento cíclico de los principales precios y agregados macroeconómico (reales y monetarios) de la economía peruana de los últimos 50 años.
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Gestión pública y distribución de ingresos: tres estudios de caso para la economía peruana
1992, , Javier Escobal, ,
Se pretende mostrar la forma en que los resultados de muchos de los esfuerzos redistributivos realizados durante los primeros años del gobierno aprista en el Perú se revirtieron en los años siguientes.
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El sector agropecuario peruano en 1992: evaluación y recomendaciones para su desarrollo
1992Javier Escobal, ,
El documento propone evitar excepciones al sistema de precios libre vía mecanismos más transparentes para proteger ciertos cultivos; inversiones que reduzcan costos de comercialización, entre otros planteamientos.
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Una alternativa al actual sistema de sobretasas agrícolas en el Perú
1992Javier Escobal, ,
En este documento se evalúa los resultados que hasta mediados de 1992 ha reportado la aplicación en el Perú del sistema de sobretasas arancelarias a la importación de ciertos bienes agrícolas.
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JournalRevista Latinoamericana de Estudios Educativos
Tiempo en la tarea y actividades educativas en escuelas rurales del Perú
1997, Santiago Cueto,
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JournalBoletín de Opinión
Diversificación en un modelo dinámico de hogares rurales con incertidumbre
1996Martin Valdivia,
La diversificación geográfica y de actividades es un componente clave del comportamiento económico de los hogares rurales, en particular en la sierra del Perú.
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JournalDebate agrario
Indicadores de sostenibilidad para la agricultura andina
1995Manuel Glave, Javier Escobal,
El objetivo central de esta investigación es realizar un balance de los distintos enfoques que se han desarrollado para "medir" la sostenibilidad de los sistemas agrícolas de producción.
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JournalRevista Blanco y Negro
Teoría de las redes sociales y su importancia en los estudios de migración
1994Gerardo Damonte,
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La viabilidad externa sostenibilidad de la balanza de pagos
Cuestión Perú: desarrollo socioeconómico en el mediano plazo1999,
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Minería y desarrollo sustentable
Minería y comunidades1999,
El Seminario-Taller Minería y Comunidades, en 1998, tuvo como objetivo el intercambio de experiencias entre comunidades campesinas de diferentes zonas del Perú donde se desarrollan actividades minero metalúrgicas.
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The determinants of labor allocation between farm and off-farm activities in rural Peru
International Symposium Proceedings, (15º: 1998 Nov. 29-Dec. 4: Pretoria, South Africa)1999Javier Escobal, , Jorge Aguero,
This document shows that the importance for the Peruvian rural sector of activities that go beyond on/farm agricultural tasks has increased substantially, at least during the last decade.
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Acceso al crédito en las economías rurales: diferencias entre el sector formal e informal en el Perú
Perú: el problema agrario en debate - SEPIA VI1996Martin Valdivia, ,
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Ajuste macroeconómico y distribución del ingreso en el Perú 1985-1994
¿Cómo estamos?: análisis de la encuesta de niveles de vida1996Javier Escobal, Jorge Aguero,
Se muestra una caída en el gasto global de los hogares en el Perú, durante el período de crisis y ajuste, menor a lo que las cifras agregadas sugieren y la evolución de la distribución del gasto.
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Projects
- Historia social y económica del ámbito de influencia del Proyecto “La Granja”June 2007
- Estudio sobre gasto público agrario en HondurasMay 2007
- Línea de Base Socioeconómica de JuprogMay 2007
- Evaluación ex post del componente de transferencia de tecnología agropecuaria del programa de modernización de los servicios agropecuarios (PROMSA) en el EcuadorMay 2007
- Desarrollo rural para la sierra: aprovechando “sierra exportadora” para promover una estrategia integral de desarrolloMay 2007
- Titulación rural, mercados de tierras e inversiones en actividades agrícolas y no agrícolas en el Perú, explorando impactos y canales de transmisiónSeptember 2006
- Evaluación de Impacto Económico, Social, Ambiental e Institucional del Programa de Caminos RuralesAugust 2006
- Sistema de Administración de TierrasAugust 2006
- Costos de Transacción y Arreglos Institucionales en la Comercialización de Productos de Pequeños Productores RuralesAugust 2006
- Consolidación del Registro Actualizado ENACO: análisis de la dinámica de compras de hoja de coca al productorJuly 2006
News
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Eduardo Zegarra in Canal N about the second agrarian reform fostered by the Government
April 22, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“The announcement of giving additional tax exemptions to the agro-export sector is the complete opposite of the second agrarian reform approach, which is rather oriented towards the majority family farming in the country. It is understood that the agro-export sector already has enough benefits and, more efforts must be directed towards this sector (family farming). […]
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Eduardo Zegarra in La República: “The agrarian reform is about to become an unfulfilled promise”
April 22, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“The government is in a very serious problem, without urea, the next agricultural campaign will be a total failure and there will be a drop in production that could reach 30%. […] One of the proposals of the second agrarian reform is to build national capacity to produce fertilizers”. Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE and […]
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Eduardo Zegarra in Sudaca Peru: social mobilization for the agrarian strike
April 21, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“After the pandemic, a new problem has hit the agricultural sector even more: the sharp increase in the price of fertilizers. First the price of urea doubled, then it tripled, and we are currently in a serious problem of shortages [… ] Peru imports 100% of the urea. We do not produce it internally. This […]
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RPP Noticias: Eduardo Zegarra on the reduction of the entry of fertilizers to Peru
April 14, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
RPP Noticias highlighted the opinion of our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra in the newspaper Gestión on the current shortage of fertilizers and its impact on the agricultural sector. “Per month the producers require at least 40,000 tons and they were only entering 5,000 tons per month and now it is zero, everything has stopped. Future […]
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TV Perú: Eduardo Zegarra’s on the VAT exemption for five foods
April 14, 2022 Rural development and agriculture
“It is a measure with problems. One is that the reduction will not necessarily go to the final consumer. It is also quite regressive, because it favors those with greater purchasing power. It is better to make a program of direct economic support to families in poverty or in vulnerability, more or less 50% of […]
Events
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GRADE’s researchers at the 2019 annual congress of the Peruvian Economic Association
08/08/2019 → 09/08/2019 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Universidad del Pacífico (Av. General Salaverry 2020, Jesús María) Rural development and agriculture, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes
On August 8-9, our researchers will join the 2019 annual congress of the Peruvian Economic Association (APE), coorganized with the University of the Pacific. In addition, Southern Voice, of which we are members and host organization, will organize a panel on the precariousness of education and employment in Peru and Bolivia. The event is part of various activities carried […]
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Eduardo Zegarra will be a speaker at the Elsevier’s 2019 Spatial Statistics conference
13/07/2019 9:00 am - 10:00 am Sitges, España Rural development and agriculture
Our Senior Researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, will be a speaker at the Spatial Statistics conference: towards a spatial data science, held by Elsevier, an international publisher of books on medicine and scientific literature. The event will take place from July 10 to 13, in the Sitges, Spain. On Friday, July 12 at 9:00 a.m. (Peru time), […]
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Eduardo Zegarra is a speaker at the PUCP international seminar on the 50th anniversary of the agrarian reform in Peru
26/06/2019 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel) Rural development and agriculture
On the sidelines 50 years of the enactment of the Agrarian Reform, the Ethnological Workshop on Political Culture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) will held the international seminar “50 years of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform: new readings and approaches”, from June 26 to 28. The aim of the event is to discuss […]
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Investigadores de GRADE en LASA 2019, Nuestra América: Justice and Inclusion
24/05/2019 → 27/05/2019 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Boston, Estados Unidos Rural development and agriculture, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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Manuel Glave joined the launch of the Work 4 Progress program in Peru
28/11/2018 Universidad Antonio Ruiz De Montoya (Av. Paso de los Andes 970, Pueblo Libre) Rural development and agriculture, Employment, productivity and innovation
Our senior researcher, Manuel Glave, joined the launch of the Work 4 Progress program in our country. The theme of th event was “The work we want: Social innovation in Peru”. The initiative aims to achieve the improvement of the individual and familiar income of women and young people of the Andean and Amazonian indigenous rural people through […]
- 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