Media GRADE
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Poverty in Peru rises for the first time in this millenium
Monetary poverty rose one point in 2017 -the first increase of this millennium- according to the National Household Survey of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics of Peru. Regarding these results, our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, warns that now we are a country with more urban poor than rural poor, a new challenge for policy […]
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María Balarín on the presence and impact of women in science in Peru
María Balarin, senior researcher at GRADE, Carmen Velezmoro, vice-rector of research at the National Agrarian University La Molina, and Gisella Orjeda, former president of the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation, discuss the situation of women in science in the Peru and share with the initiative Women Transforming their experience: What macho expressions and attitudes […]
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San Marcos: an issue or sympton of something major?, by Hugo Ñopo
According to our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo, the claims of the students of the National University of San Marcos are symptoms of a major problem: “It is a network of interdependent problems that arrived a long time ago and concern the university system, not just San Marcos: Two central elements of this network are financing and governance. […]
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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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Metropolitan Lima does not see employment growth since May 2017
Formal employment in urban areas of Peru fell 0.5% in February, accumulating eight consecutive months of decline, according to the Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment. In addition, there have been 14 months in which formal employment in Metropolitan Lima observed a fall. According to our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, “although economic activity is not […]
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The Peruvian laboral clutter
The Compendium of Standards on Labor Legislation of the Ministry of Labor, updated to August 2017, has 136 standards compiled in almost 1,400 pages and more than 2,000 articles. In an article by El Comercio on the complexity of labor legislation. For our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, it is not reasonable to expect a small […]
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What would Vizcarra say?, by Hugo Ñopo
What does Martin Vizcarra’s experience in education tell us? Our senior researcher Hugo Ñopo writes in El Comercio about the achievement in learning indicators of students in Moquegua while Vizcarra was its regional president, and what could be attempted at the national level.
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Lorena Alcázar’s findings on the economic impact of anaemia in Peru are highlighted by Instituto Integración
The latest report of Integration Institute (Instituto Integración) highlights a study conducted by Lorena Alcázar, senior researcher at GRADE, on the economic impact of anaemia in Peru, which finds that “anaemia costs Peruvian society approximately S./ 2.777 billion (0.4% of GDP in 2016)”.
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Minimum wage increase would arrive without economic justification and would affect formal employment
Within a few days for the decision that the Ministry of Labor will take on the minimum wage increase, Semana Económica reviews its justification at a time of the labor market of greater informality and rise of underemployment. Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE and one of the authors of the study The deprotecting effects of employment protection, […]
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International Women Day: Only 14 in 249 firms have a woman as a CEO
According to data gathered by Hugo Ñopo, only 14 in 249 firms listed on the Bolsa de Valores de Lima (Lima Stock Exchange) have a woman as a CEO. However, our senior researcher says in El Comercio: “Although initiatives to change policies assumed by firms are needed, household chores are also important. Typically, of 30 hours of household tasks, women […]