This morning I went to the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), the organization I will be working with over the next 10 months! IEP is an amazing place – housed in a beautiful old building with courtyards and bright amarillo walls, the organization is one of the foremost social science research institutions in the country and has been around for almost 50 years (see their website at: www.iep.org.pe). I’ll be working with Carolina, the lead economist researching savings and conditional cash transfers at IEP, who was very welcoming and introduced me to all the staff individually! Many of the people that I met (about 100 people work at IEP!) are economists and sociologists studying economic development, asset building, municipalities, and education in the region. It was a really exciting morning to hear about some of the work that Carolina and her team are working on and to meet many of the people I’ll be working with. IEP also hosts many lectures and has a full library and resource center that is open to the public – tomorrow morning I’m going to attend a lecture that Carolina is giving on rural development and get set up with email, etc. I feel very lucky to be able to work with this organization!
Tonight I’m going to dinner with some friends at Tanta for my birthday:), which is supposed to be a great Nuevo Peruvian place, and also is right by my apt. It’s one of Gaston Acurio’s restaurants (a big restauranteur/chef in South America) who is from Lima, so I’ll report back and take some photos!
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