March 2024 Santiago Levy is stepping down after serving on PEP’s Board for six years March 15, 2024 PEP thanks Santiago Levy for his six years of dedicated service to the organisation as a member of the Board of Directors.
February 2024 2024 PEP Policy Conference: the Future of Work in the Global South June 5, 2024 | Nairobi, Kenya & online This year's policy conference will explore What Works for Youth Employment in Africa, and the AI Revolution and Labour Markets in Developing Countries.
February 2024 Call for Applications: Africa Fellows in Education Program 2024/2025 Submission deadline: April 1, 2024 Inviting young researchers from sub-Saharan Africa who are interested in educational improvement to apply for this two-year research and policy development fellowship.
February 2024 PEP researchers share experimental research expertise January 29-February 2, 2024 | Nairobi, Kenya Two PEP researchers provided training on experimental impact evaluations for staff from Kenyan universities.
January 2024 PEP special journal issue on productive rural employment in sub-Saharan Africa January 2024 Research from five PEP-supported studies is highlighted in a special issue of the Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies
January 2024 Refine existing policies to boost youth employment in Ethiopia says local research team January 27, 2024 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to share their findings on how to overcome the main obstacles that limit the success of Ethiopia’s youth employment policies.
January 2024 Empower rural women and girls in Benin to increase their economic resilience in times of drought January 23, 2024 | Cotonou, Benin A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to share their findings on how gender inequality and sexist gender norms hinder economic resilience in Benin.
January 2024 New Collaboration Invests in African Scholars Studying Development Economics January 26, 2024 | Berkeley, United States of America Press release: CEGA and PEP unveil partnership to expand Global Fellows Program
January 2024 New Year's message from PEP's leadership team January 2024 PEP's Chair of the Board, Prof. Carol Newman, and Executive Director, Prof. Jane Mariara, look back on PEP’s achievements in 2023 and look forward to the opportunities 2024 will bring for PEP and PEP researchers to inform national and international development policy.