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2014 PEP Annual Conference: "Inclusive Growth and Employment for Poverty Reduction"

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; April 30 - May 7, 2014. Featuring a special policy forum on "Fostering entrepreneurship for inclusive growth and poverty reduction".

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2014 edition of the PEP-Dakar School in modeling the impacts of macro policies/shocks, to be held in June - IN FRENCH

Edition 2014 de l'École PEP-Dakar - 9-20 juin, EN FRANCAIS. Deux cours offerts: modélisation et évaluation d'impacts . Inscriptions en cours.

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The conference report on Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa (YESSA) is now available

Consult the Conference report and Recommendations of this very important meeting which brought together national and regional public policy makers, multilateral partners, experts from Think tanks and African research centers...

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PEP-PAGE video series: "Beyond technical skills training: the Impacts of credit counselling on entrepreneurial behavior of Ugandan youth"

The "PEP-PAGE video series" was created to present each of the projects selected for support under the new PEP research and capacity building initiative for Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment (PAGE) in developing countries.

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2014 edition of the PEP-Laval Intensive Graduate School in Development Economics, to be held in June - IN ENGLISH

4th edition of the PEP-Laval School to be held June 2-20, at Université Laval in Quebec (Canada) - IN ENGLISH. 3 distinct courses offered. Registrations are ongoing..

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Publications

Public infrastructure and economic growth in Pakistan (May 2013) 647 KB
Global economic crisis and the Philippine economy (February 2013) 1140 KB
The growth and distributive impacts of public infrastructure investments in the Philippines (February 2013) 1121 KB
Analyzing the impact of remittances on poverty in Nigeria (January 2013) 1535 KB
Assessing the impact of a tuition relief program on poor rural students' performance in China (December 2012) 1237 KB
Assessing the impact of China's priority forest programs on rural households' income and income mobility (December 2012) 1067 KB

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Evaluation of the impact of school canteen programs on internal efficiency of schools, cognitive acquisitions and learning capacities of students in rural primary schools in Senegal 1253 KB
Estimating the impact on poverty of Ghana’s fuel subsidy reform and a mitigating response 2864 KB
Impact of increased public education spending on growth and poverty in Uganda: An integrated micro-macro approach 1923 KB
PSIA - Universal Primary Education in Uganda: Equity opportunity and human capital investment 1641 KB
The impacts of "Land of Love, Water Cellar for Mothers" in western China 1612 KB
EU-Armenia trade liberalization: A poverty and social impact analysis 1904 KB

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Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Asia
Monitoring and Mitigating the Impact on Poverty of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis
The Many Faces of Poverty, Volume 4
Dynamics of Poverty, Labor Market and Public Policies in Latin America
Reducing Poverty and Vulnerabilities Amidst Global Shocks
Libéralisation commerciale et pauvreté en Afrique
Child Welfare in Developing Countries
All PEP books are available for download, free of charge

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Special Initiatives

PEP-UNICEF: Long-term partnership agreement to support UNICEF's work on social policy and social protection reform in the MENA region

PEP-UNICEF: Long-term partnership agreement to support UNICEF's work on social policy and social protection reform in the MENA region

PEP-Chad-UNDP : Strengthening local capacity in the construction and simulation of a CGE model for the economy of Chad

PEP-Chad-UNDP : Strengthening local capacity in the construction and simulation of a CGE model for the economy of Chad

PAGE : Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment - co-funded by the IDRC and UK Aid

PAGE : Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment - co-funded by the IDRC and UK Aid

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PEP is funded by

  • IDRC
  • UNICEF
  • UK Aid

Other collaborators

  • Australian Government
  • UNDP
  • CIDA
  • IFPRI
  • IADB
  • UN Women

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