PEP

Through its current initiative to build capacities in “Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment” (PAGE) in developing countries, PEP has supported 65 projects (involving 300 researchers) in 34 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, but also Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

2016 PEP Best Practice Awards

The winners of the 2016 PEP Best Practice Awards were announced during PEP Annual Conference in the Philippines. Find out more about these outstanding projects and research teams from Burkina Faso, Togo and Kenya.

PAGE II (2016-2020)

Building on the success of its “Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment” (PAGE) program, PEP has been granted funding to launch a new program supporting high quality research, capacity development, and policy engagement for growth and employment in developing countries.

How to increase chances of research uptake

Recommendations and conclusions from developing country researchers and donors at the 2016 international PEP Policy Forum on how to improve policy engagement and research uptake for development policies and programs throughout the world.

National policy conferences

With support from PEP, researchers organize policy conferences in their home countries to directly communicate and discuss their PEP research findings with key policymakers, advisors and other stakeholders.

Recent findings

Find out about the latest research findings from PEP-supported researchers in developing countries.

New PEP impact story from Nigeria

Findings by local PEP researchers in Nigeria used by the federal government to inform the implementation of a new social security program launched in January 2017.

News

2017 PEP Annual Conference in Kenya

June 8-14, 2017 | Nairobi, Kenya

PEP conferences gather hundreds of development researchers, practitioners, leading experts, and policy stakeholders from around the world, to discuss the issues, challenges, and opportunities related to development research, policy analysis, and advisory work.

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2017 PEP Policy Forum: promoting youth and female entrepreneurship

June 14, 2017 | Nairobi, Kenya

As part of the 2017 PEP Annual Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, a high-level Policy Forum will be held on June 14 to discuss evidence-based policy options that promote youth and female entrepreneurship.

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New book offering unique perspectives on the growth traps and opportunities for six African economies, coedited by PEP Board member

May 2017

A new book, Africa’s Lions: Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six African Economies, coedited by PEP Board member, Haroon Bhorat, examines the economic growth experiences of six fast-growing or economically dominant African countries.

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Comment les "décollages" peuvent-ils faire "dekoler" la Guyane

Mai 2017 | La Guyane

Deux chercheurs affiliés au PEP viennent de rendre public une proposition d’étude visant à démontrer comment l’activité du spatial - l’un des premiers moteurs de l’économie nationale - pourrait mieux contribuer au développement de la Guyane.

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