In an unprecedented development in the history of Peru, over 200,000 people returned to their native cities in the countryside from cities such as Lima, Arequipa or Cusco, as result of the economic situation produced by the mandatory confinement to contain the spread of COVID-19. The quarantine decreed by the government between March and June 2020 had an almost immediate impact … [Read more...] about Migrations due to COVID-19, opportunities and challenges for a sustainable recovery in Peru
Martha Denisse Pierola
Martha Denisse Pierola is a development economist specialized on trade and migration, currently working for the Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) Practice Group of the World Bank. She has published several papers on export development and co-created the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database–the first-ever global database on exporter growth and dynamics, based on firm-level export data. She has also studied the impact of import competition and migration shocks on labor outcomes and productivity in Latin America. Before rejoining the World Bank, she worked as a Senior Economist for the Migration Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank where she conducted research on migrants’ profiles and the impact of cash transfers on migrants’ socioeconomic integration. Previously, she also worked as an economist for the World Bank, the Peruvian Government (INDECOPI) and also consulted for the private sector and other international organizations. She has a PhD in International Economics from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland and a Master of International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland.