Media GRADE
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts in a Spanish TV channel laSexta reportage on the jam in Panama Canal
“Panama is a country where rainfall is very intense, it is tropical climate country and they are going through a rain scarcity, a drought that has been going on for two or three years”. Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, joined a Spanish news channel laSexta reportage about the ship traffic jam in Panama Canal.
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Espinoza and Fort’s study on urban expansion of the last 20 years in Peru is quoted in Somos Periodismo PUCP
“For those with scarce resources, the option is to invade a plot of land or buy it in the illegal market. According to a study conducted by GRADE, 93% of the country’s urban expansion is developed informally”. Somos Periodismo PUCP quoted the study by our researchers Alvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort on the internal dynamics […]
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Eduardo Zegarra discusses in El País the drought affecting Panama Canal
According to Eduardo Zegarra, climate change is the main cause of the problems in the Panama Canal, but it is not the only one: “There is a serious problem with the very inefficient use of water for human consumption in Panama City. The rates paid by the population are quite low. They do not even […]
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Food prices are going up: why? Interview with Eduardo Zegarra in LR+ Economía de La República
“We are facing an agricultural crisis that we have not seen for a long time. In no year in the last decade has agricultural production fallen to this extent. A key explanatory factor is the drought in the Peruvian highlinds between August and December last year”. Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra talks to Rumi Cevallos of LR+ Economía about the fall […]
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The right to a decent housing. An Infobae article cited study by Alvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort
“Annually, 127 thousand new homes are built, 84 thousand of which are built informally; therefore, there is still a housing deficit that is growing every year”. Lawyer Giancarlo Vega highlights the findings of the study by our researchers Alvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort, “Towards a new housing policy in Peru: problems and possibilities (“Hacia una […]
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Eduardo Zegarra comments on measures to face a water crisis in the newscast La Encerrona
The central measure is to generate a different institutional scheme to face these phenomena. There should be contingency reserves explicitly assigned to regional and local governments that are automatically activated once a state of emergency is declared. […] Help farmers with specific support: seeds, veterinary kits. Also direct economic support that will allow them to […]
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Santiago Cueto and other experts write on the challenges for leveraging the potential of digital technologies in education in Latin America
According to Santiago Cueto, teachers cannot shoulder the responsibility alone for ensuring that education systems keep up with the dizzying evolution of technology. Improving their skills takes time and requires training, guidance and resources. Together with Dante Castillo and Florencia Ripani, our senior researcher reflects on the issues that prevent the region from harnessing the […]
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CIFOR-ICRAF and GRADE study: Analyzing the influence of transport infrastructure on deforestation dynamics
“The dynamics of deforestation in the forests of the Peruvian Amazon respond above all to synergies with socioeconomic, institutional and political contextual factors, and not only to the role of road infrastructure.” Read the preliminary findings of a study led by the Center for International Forestry Research and the International Center for Agroforestry Research (CIFOR-ICRAF) […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: “The recovery of employment is reaching its limits”
“The recovery of employment is reaching its limits”. According to Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, a correction in the deterioration of the Peruvian labor market is not expected in view of the bad outlook for the economy and investment. He questioned the measures taken by the Congress that affect the labor market. Interview under […]
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Javier Escobal on The Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor: What Can Be Done to Reduce Peru’s Rate of Poverty?
“Urgent action is needed to overhaul the Peruvian civil servant system, which will help curb rampant corruption and enable the public sector to focus on fostering growth and reducing poverty”. Read the full commentary by our Senior Researcher Javier Escobal in the Inter-American Dialogue’s daily Latin America Advisor. Javier’s text is part of the article […]