Media GRADE
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Alvaro Espinoza: “What most modern cities are trying to do is to have more integrated cities”
“What most modern cities are trying to do is to have more integrated cities, where you have people from different socioeconomic sectors and walks of life living in a more mixed way. That makes the city more efficient and people are closer to where they study and where they work.” Our Adjunct Researcher Alvaro Espinoza […]
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Commentaries by Martín Valdivia on the illicit cigarettes market in Peru
“To claim that 62.2 % of the cigarettes sold in the national market are of ilicit origin as a result of taxes, is to want to overturn the tax policy for the control of tobacco consumption”. Read the commentaries by Martín Valdivia, Senior Researcher at GRADE, on the recent report by the consulting firm Euromonitor, […]
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Does politics affect the uptake of social policies? Post by Martín Valdivia and others in The Journal of Politics’ blog
Martin Valdivia and coauthors examine whether policy preferences affect the uptake and learning from government programs in the context of Brazil’s Individual Microentrepreneur Program, which provides subsidized access to social security coverage and business-related incentives. To this end, they report the results of a field experiment in low-income communities in Rio de Janeiro. Blog based on […]
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Miguel Jaramillo’s commentary on poverty reduction in the Inter-American Dialogue’s daily Latin America Advisor
“Going back to a path of poverty reduction requires a more promising business environment and a modicum of political stability”. Read the full commentary by our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo in the Inter-American Dialogue’s daily Latin America Advisor.
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts on the impact of the climate crisis on Peruvian agriculture. Via La República
“Farmers usually use a fraction of their production for their own food and with the resources obtained from the sale of their products they purchase other foods to complete their diet. Therefore, lower production means lower sales and, therefore, less income to cover their living expenses”. Read the comments of Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at […]
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Salud con lupa highlights findings of project on meat safety, with participation of GRADE researchers
“The research showed that there was a high presence of salmonella in the raw chicken cuts tested. The presence of salmonella in pork was lower, but still of concern.” Salud con lupa highlights the findings of the project Gobernanza e Inocuidad en la Cadena de Carne del Perú en mercados de abasto de tres ciudades, […]
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“Venezuelan migration is an important labor force that could contribute a lot to productivity in the country.” An interview with Fernando Távara, coauthor of a GRADE’s research
“The national survey of Venezuelans that was conducted last year shows that, on average, the Venezuelan migrant is better educated even than Peruvians. It is an important labor force that could contribute a lot to productivity in the country.” Fernando Távara, co-author of GRADE’s research study, “Barriers to the socio-economic integration of migrants in Peru: […]
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Podcast CIES: Pathways to inclusive rural development in Peru, with Ricardo Fort
“We need a much broader view of the country and the territory to understand how we can create other opportunities in rural areas, in intermediate cities or in larger cities so that people who are currently trying to survive in rural areas have more possibilities to get ahead”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke […]
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#8M La Mirada: Women workers, in the crisis and after, by Miguel Jaramillo
“Women have more self-employment and less salaried work, figure less among business employers and more among unpaid family workers.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, writes about the impact of the pandemic and the policies implemented in that context on the participation of women workers in economic activity. Read the full op-ed in El Comercio […]
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Access to reading in digital times, by Walter Alvarado from Crece Lee/Worldreader
The pandemic and the recent social crisis have highlighted the educational gaps in the country. Technology is presented as an opportunity to enhance access to knowledge. Walter Alvarado, regional director Peru/LATAM at Worldreader, writes about how digital technologies, with pedagogical and parental accompaniment, “can become an adequate solution to boost those aspects in which the […]