News
PEP researcher returns to Université Laval for study visit thanks to SRA award
November 2017 | Quebec City, Canada
Aleksandra Anic, a previously-funded PEP researcher, spent four weeks at Université Laval in Canada having received a 2017 Sylff Research Abroad award.
Two PRESM workshops held in November 2017
November 23-24, 2017 | Kenya
Two workshops were held in Kenya this month to discuss the findings and policy recommendations of the PRESM project. A knowledge-sharing workshop was held November 23 in Thika and a scientific workshop was held November 24 in Nairobi.
Managing the mining industry to help reduce poverty
November 2017
PEP projects in projects in Niger, Mongolia, Colombia, and Burkina Faso investigated the impact of extractive industries on household welfare and employment.
November 2017 issue of PEP-talk now available
November 2017
Reporting on the most recent findings and outcomes from PEP-supported research and activities around the world.
PEP board member honoured by LACEA
November 10, 2017 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association honoured PEP board member, Professor Nora Lustig, with the title of President Emerita
PEP findings and methods presented at international CGE Modelling meeting
November 7-8, 2017 | Lima, Peru
Two PEP Resource Persons and three previously financed researchers presented findings at the 6th Regional Meeting on Public Policy Analysis with Computable General Equilibrium Models.
PEP researchers present institutionalization project to policy stakeholders at workshop in Mongolia
October 18, 2017 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A team of local PEP researchers organized a workshop in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to introduce the PEP-institutionalization project to key policy stakeholders.
New articles comparing key PEP-PAGE findings
November 2017
PEP has published a series of articles comparing key findings from PAGE (2012-2016) projects focused on similar themes but from different countries and regions.
PEP Online Training Program: Applied Development Economics
Register by November 30, 2017
PEP is offering three online distance-learning courses in Applied Development Economics, in collaboration with Université Laval in Canada, from January to April, 2018.
PEP presentations at the 3rd IZA/DFID GLM-LIC Research Conference in the USA
October 19-20, 2017 | Washington D.C., USA
PEP Executive Director, Prof Jane Mariara, and PEP Research Director, Luca Tiberti, presented papers at the 3rd IZA/DFID GLM-LIC Research Conference on New Research on Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries.