Interview
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Miguel Jaramillo gives his thoughts about the unemployment rate during the first quarter of 2018 in Metropolitan Lima
Between January and March 2018, the unemployment rate in Metropolitan Lima reached 8.1%, the highest level since the same period in 2012, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). According to Miguel Jaramillo, in an interview with RPP Noticias, the underlying factor is the weakness of the economy, which translates into a lower capacity […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts on the issues surrounding the strike of potato producers in Ideeleradio
“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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Miguel Jaramillo in Gestión: “The 2001 labor reform leads to very negative effects on workers”
Gestión highlights the findings from the study by Miguel Jaramillo, Julio Almonacid and Luciana de la Flor, “The desprotective effects of employment protection”, which addresses the impact of the ruling issued by the Constitutional Court in 2001 on decisions of the type of contract used in the Peruvian labor market and the workers’ well-being. According to Jaramillo: “In the […]
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MIDIS 4th Social Inclusion Week: Lorena Alcázar discussed The Lancet proposals for early childhood public policies
Our senior researcher, Lorena Alcázar, shared the main messages of The Lancet proposals for early childhood public policies discussed at the VI Social Inclusion Week (15-19 October), held by the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS): “A message is the relevance of investing in the early years of children, showing the cost of the effects of this group not achieving […]
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Hugo Ñopo: “Gender equity is not a ‘women issue'”
“It is often wrong to talk about gender as a ‘women issue’. First because equity is a moral issue, and second, for economic reasons. Productivity of the country is going to improve only to the extent that we use the full potential of our human capital”. Read El Comercio‘s interview to our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, on gender equity in […]
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Hugo Ñopo on gender equity in Peru. A Channel N interview
“In order for an average Peruvian household to be able to function normally, it requires some 30-32 hours of unpaid domestic work, of whic 24 are female. With these great disparities within households, men and women go to work and to study; they are in other markets with very important differences of opportunity”. Watch the interview with Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher […]
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Hugo Ñopo on TV Peru News: the current situation of education
“Only with a combination of better salaries and better consideration of excellence, the teaching career will progress. This a long-term task”, said our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, on TV Peru News. This and other issues on the current situation of education in Peru were discussed by Hugo, after Idel Vexler was appointed as the new Minister […]
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La huelga de maestros en el Perú puede haber terminado, pero sus reclamos persisten
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Hugo Ñopo: “An educational system that is not renewed, can hardly improve”
GRADE’s senior researcher and education expert, Hugo Ñopo, stands up on the relevance of “evaluations with consequences” for teachers and highlights dialogue as a tool to end the teachers’ strike. The interview was published in Publimetro.
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Hugo Ñopo en La Rotativa del Aire en RPP: Evaluaciones de desempeño docente
En el marco de la huelga de maestros, Hugo Ñopo, investigador principal de GRADE, analizó las condiciones y bienestar laboral de la profesión docente, y explicó en qué consiste la evaluación de docentes y su relevancia.