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 […]
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 […]
External Affiliated Researchers
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Carmen Ponce San Román
PhD en Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmen Ponce is an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE 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 […]
Publications
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COVID-19 y las migraciones de la ciudad al campo en el Perú: identificación de amenazas y oportunidades para el uso sostenible del capital natural
2022 Ricardo Fort, Mauricio Espinoza, Álvaro Espinoza
This study analyses the dynamics of this return migration to rural areas during 2020 using census data and records of returnee arrivals, and then interviews more than 3,000 households in 19 provinces and 77 districts with the largest flows. Based on this information, we estimate that around a quarter of a million people, mostly young […]
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JournalJournal of Development Economics
Land reform and human capital development: evidence from Peru
2020 Michael Albertus, Mauricio Espinoza, Ricardo Fort
The early establishment and persistence of landholding inequality is linked to poor long-run development outcomes. One crucial channel runs through human capital: large landowners historically underinvested in public goods such as schools, restricted workers and their children from to attending school, and extracted surplus from laborers that could have been invested in human capital. By […]
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JournalAgriculture and Human Values
Does certification improve hired labour conditions and wageworker conditions at banana plantations?
2020 Fédes van Rijn, Ricardo Fort, Ruerd Ruben, Tinka Koster, Gonne Beekman
Certification of banana plantations is widely used as a device for protecting and improving socio-economic conditions of wageworkers, including their incomes, working conditions and—increasingly—voice [related to labour relations and workplace representation]. However, to date, evidence about the effectiveness of certification in these domains is scarce. Researchers collected detailed field data on (1) economic benefits for […]
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JournalWorld Development
Challenges in using RCTs for evaluation of large-scale public programs with complex designs: Lessons from Peru
2020 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce
The use of randomized control trials (RCTs) to evaluate public policies and interventions in developing countries faces several challenges. These include limited budgets to finance sample designs and sample sizes required to evaluate multifaceted interventions, potential small-sample bias arising from such limited samples, and difficulties in random assignment when participants self-exclude from parts of the […]
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JournalWorld Development
Intra-seasonal climate variability and crop diversification strategies in the Peruvian Andes: A word of caution on the sustainability of adaptation to climate change
2019 Carmen Ponce
Agricultural systems are highly sensitive to climate change. Most studies focus on the effect of heat and water availability on crop yields, but little is known about the impact of changes in intra-seasonal climate variability (particularly challenging in mountain regions). Also, beyond the effect on crop yields –mostly focused on single cropping systems and major […]
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Lecciones aprendidas en PROVIAS Rural (Perú) y pautas para diseñar operaciones de infraestructura rural.
2005Javier Escobal,
The Peruvian Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) has been developing a rural road rehabilitation and maintenance program through the Special Rural Transportation Infrastructure Project (PROVIAS Rural). PROVIAS Rural is considered an exemplary case at the international level. The objectives of this study are: (i) to propose guidelines for designing rural infrastructure interventions in the […]
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Mercados agrícolas y los pobres en zonas rurales
2004Maximo Torero, , ,
Paper for workshop of the Poverty Reduction Network (POVENET).
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Un sistema de indicadores líderes del nivel de actividad para la economía peruana
2002Javier Escobal,
Presentation of methodology for constructing a Composite Leading Indicator of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The weights have been chosen to ensure that they minimise the mean square error of the prediction.
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El impacto del programa de estabilización y las reformas estructurales sobre el desempeño ambiental de la minería del cobre en el Perú: 1990-1997
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El documento analiza el impacto que ha tenido el programa de estabilización y de reformas estructurales en el Perú sobre la performance ambiental de la minería de cobre durante 1990-1997.
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JournalWorld Development
Explaining spatial diversity in Latin American rural development: structures, institutions, and coalitions
2015Javier Escobal,
This article summarizes the results of a research program conducted in 11 Latin America countries, addressing two questions: (1) what factors determine territorial development dynamics that lead to economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved income distribution? (2) What can be done to stimulate this kind of territorial dynamics? We highlight five “bundles of factors” that […]
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JournalWorld Development
Linkage to dynamic markets and rural territorial development in Latin America
2015Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce,
Linkage to dynamic markets is a key factor in understanding why different rural territories in Latin America perform differently. This paper combines two conceptual frameworks (from the new economic geography and economic sociology) for an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms that operate in this linkage and to identify key factors that allow for inclusive economic […]
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JournalWorld Development
Conceptualizing spatial diversity in Latin American rural development: structures, institutions, and coalitions
2015Javier Escobal,
This article is the introduction to a volume containing findings from a program conducted over five years in 11 Latin America countries, to answer three questions: (1) Are there rural territories that have experienced simultaneous economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved distribution of income?; (2) What factors determine these territorial dynamics?, and; (3) What can […]
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JournalEconomía y Sociedad
El impacto de la inversión pública en el desarrollo regional
2015Ricardo Fort,
How to target public investment in rural areas efficiently and reduce poverty? According to the research that gave rise to this article, investments in irrigation, roads and telecommunications have a significant effect on the promotion of agricultural productivity and poverty reduction. Strengthening human capital and investments in market access also generate positive impacts to be […]
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JournalPolicy in Focus
Combining social protection with economic opportunities in rural Peru: Haku Wiñay
2015Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce,
The authors assess the impact of the Haku Wiñay programme (Mi chacra emprendedora), an intervention that provides productive technical assistance and a small asset transfer to rural households in the districts that are also covered by the Juntos programme, Peru’s conditional cash transfer (CCT). Haku Wiñay focuses on the development of productive and entrepreneurial skills […]
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Combinando programas sociales con otras intervenciones
Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación del programa Haku Wiñay2016
The authors present a discussion on the international experience of combining social programmes with productive interventions from a historical perspective. This chapter initiates reflection on the impact of the Haku Wiñay project in environments intervened by the Juntos programme, as it identifies consensus and shared challenges, based on national and international experience, in the search […]
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Estrategias de articulación de los productores agrarios en la costa peruana: ¿asociatividad, vinculación con empresas o ambas?
Agricultura peruana: nuevas miradas desde el censo agropecuario2015Ricardo Fort,
The main objective of this research is to identify and characterise the producers who currently participate in one of these two market linkage strategies, as well as those who are integrated through a third way, which consists of linking up with companies through producer associations rather than individually. This identification will be carried out using […]
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El uso de encuestas y censos agropecuarios para desarrollar una tipología de la pequeña y mediana agricultura familiar en el Perú
Agricultura peruana: nuevas miradas desde el censo agropecuario2015Javier Escobal,
Taking advantage of the information provided by the 2012 Agricultural Census and the 2014 ENA, the objective of this study is to combine the information from both sources to make inferences, at the small area level, about the production levels and net incomes of small and medium family farming. The small and medium family farming […]
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Cambios en la agricultura y deforestación en la selva peruana: análisis basado en el IV Censo Agropecuario
Agricultura peruana: nuevas miradas desde el censo agropecuario2015Eduardo Zegarra, ,
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Cambio climático, uso de riego y estrategias de diversificación de cultivos en la sierra peruana
Agricultura peruana: nuevas miradas desde el censo agropecuario2015Carmen Ponce, Javier Escobal,
The objective of this study is to contribute to understanding the change in climatic conditions that occurred in the Peruvian highlands during the period 1994-2012, and to identify some of the effects that this change has had on the decisions linked to the productive strategies of farmers in this region; in particular, the use of […]
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El agro peruano en un nuevo partidor / Angustias laborales en el Perú de hoy
2000Javier Escobal,
The following text analyzes three problems of the rural economy that we consider crucial. First, the financing of agriculture; second, overtaxes and the discretionary management of relative prices; and finally, the policies and approaches applied to water, forestry and land resources.
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Economía del agua: conceptos y aplicaciones para una mejor gestión
2014Eduardo Zegarra,
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Inclusión social: diálogos entre la investigación y las políticas públicas
2014Martín Benavides, Miguel Jaramillo, Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Nestor Valdivia, Lorena Alcazar, Manuel Glave, Maria Balarin, Juan Jose Diaz, Juana Kuramoto, Gerardo Damonte,
Esta publicación recoge el espíritu del seminario internacional "Cambios Institucionales para un Estado más Inclusivo" (julio de 2012), y apunta a lo más relevante y valioso de cada exposición, intervención y comentario.
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Estudio comparativo de intervenciones para el desarrollo rural en la Sierra sur del Perú
2012Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce,
Comparación del desempeño relativo de dos proyectos para mejorar las condiciones de vida de la población rural pobre de la Sierra sur. El objetivo último es ayudar a la construcción de un sistema de aprendizaje de las experiencias de desarrollo rural.
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Desarrollo rural y recursos naturales
2012Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce, Manuel Glave, Gerardo Damonte,
Tres Mimeos del Seminario Recursos naturales y desarrollo rural en el Perú (1980-2010) realizado en noviembre del 2010 con el auspicio de la Fundación Ford, a través del Instituto de Educación Internacional y del IDRC.
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Desarrollo rural en la sierra: aportes para el debate
2009Javier Escobal,
Una mirada amplia y plural acerca de la cuestión del desarrollo rural en la sierra peruana sobre la base del trabajo realizado en el marco de la Red de Investigación sobre Desarrollo Rural de la Sierra.
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Projects
- Marco conceptual del Sistema Integrado de Estadísticas Agropecuarias y Rurales en América Latina y el CaribeNovember 2015
- Evaluación intermedia FINCYT 2: Medición y evaluación de indicadores de gestión del ProyectoJuly 2015
- Vínculo entre las políticas fiscales para el aceite de palma en el Perú y los objetivos REDD+ del paísJune 2015
- Profundización al diagnóstico de crecimiento de la Región Apurímac HuancavelicaFebruary 2015
- Impact assessment design of Programa AndenesDecember 2014
- Diagnosis of the situation and potential of the irrigation sector in NicaraguaNovember 2014
- Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA)September 2014
- Access to irrigation and changes in the crop portfolio in the Peruvian rural highlands in environments of climatic vulnerabilityAugust 2014 - March 2016
- Study of sustainable agricultural value chains to fight against rural poverty in PeruAugust 2014
- Spatial analysis of the adoption of agricultural technologies in Peru: a view from the 2012 Agricultural and Livestock CensusJuly 2014
News
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts on the impact of the climate crisis on Peruvian agriculture. Via La República
May 22, 2023 Rural development and agriculture
“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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Estrategia de desarrollo e innovación regional – EDIR: resúmenes de 6 regiones
April 24, 2023 Rural development and agriculture
En el marco de proceso de implementación de las Agencias Regionales de Desarrollo (ARD) que lidera la Secretaria de Descentralización de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros, con el apoyo de la Unión Europea, la cooperación alemana implementada por la GIZ y la cooperación española – AECID, compartimos con ustedes la Estrategia de Desarrollo e […]
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Podcast CIES: Pathways to inclusive rural development in Peru, with Ricardo Fort
March 21, 2023 Rural development and agriculture
“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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The Reform Agrarian versus children, by Roxana Barrantes and Ricardo Fort
February 22, 2023 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Poverty and equality
“We found was a negative and persistent effect over time of the Agrarian Reform on children’s years of schooling in higher-affected districts, due, in good measure, to the particular type of reform that was implemented in Peru.” In their new article for Jugo de Caigua, Roxana Barrantes (IEP) and Ricardo Fort (GRADE) write about the […]
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GRADE joins an IDRC’s project on regenerative and inclusive agri-food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
February 8, 2023 Rural development and agriculture, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
GRADE is part of a new IDRC’s project on how to accelerate the transition to regenerative and inclusive agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the face of the vulnerability of natural ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean, and their impact on food security and livelihoods, an innovative business approach has emerged that […]
Events
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GRADE on live, Publication Presentation, Webinar
GRADE 40 years | Book Launch “El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar”
01/09/2022 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Zoom de GRADE Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition, Urbanization and sustainable cities
El Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) organizes the launch of the book “El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar” (The Pending Peru: essays for a development with well-being), as part of the commemorative celebration for its forty years of institutional life. The book is a collection of essays that, from different conceptual and […]
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Eduardo Zegarra discussed the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Latin America and Peru
04/08/2022 6:00 pm Hotel Meliá (Av. Salaverry 2599, San Isidro) Rural development and agriculture
Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra joined a CooperAcción and RedGE Peru dialogue on the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Latin America and Peru. Along with Eduardo, Carolina Trivelli (IEP), Paola Bustamante (Videnza), Eduardo Gudynas (CLAES) and the economist David Rivera were also panelists. REGISTRATION Sign-up at emorales@cooperaccion.org.pe or by phone 940339817
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Eduardo Zegarra will be a panelist at a CISEPA PUCP event on the crises and perspective of politics in Peru
28/06/2022 4:00 pm Biblioteca de Ciencias Sociales de la PUCP y Facebook de CISEPA PUCP Rural development and agriculture
Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, will join a both in-person and virtual event on the crises and perspectives of politics in Peru, held by the Center for Sociological, Economic, Political and Anthropological Research of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (CISEPA PUCP). Eduardo will be part of the panel on inequality and the development […]
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Eduardo Zegarra will join an UNI panel for the Peruvian Farmer Day
24/06/2022 6:00 pm Facebook de la UNIFIEECS. Rural development and agriculture
On the sidelines of the Peruvian Farmer’s Day, our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra will join a panel on the food crisis and agriculture in Peru, held by the Faculty of Economic Engineering, Statistics and Social Sciences of the National University of Engineering. ON LIVE Follow the event on UNIFIEECS Facebook.
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Carmen Ponce will be a speaker at the 56th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association
04/06/2022 Carleton University, Ottawa, Canadá Rural development and agriculture
Carmen Ponce, associated researcher at GRADE, will be a speaker at the 56th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association (ACEA 2022). The event will be held from June 3rd to 5th 2022 in an on-line and in-person format. The annual meeting brings together academic works, conferences on the state of the art and special sessions. This year, the host […]
- 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
