June 2015 Presenting the winners of the 2015 of the PEP Best Practice Awards The winners of the 2015 PEP Best Practice Awards were selected out of the second round PAGE project teams, and announced during PEP Annual Conference in Kenya.
June 2015 Congratulations to Prof. Dileni Gunewardena, from the University of Peradeniya Congratulations to Prof. Dileni Gunewardena, from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka who will join the 2015 cohort of Echidna Global Scholars
June 2015 PEP presents a set of recommendations from 2015 Policy Forum on "Unlocking Africa’s growth for productive employment and poverty reduction" A document presenting the main conclusions and recommendations ensued from discussion panels of the 2015 PEP Policy Forum, held in Kenya (May 7), is now available for download here.
June 2015 Congratulations to Maria Laura Alzua, Habiba Djebbari, Maria Adelaida Lopera and Massa Coulibaly Their project - Evaluating the Impact of Community Led Total Sanitation Programs in Mali – was selected as one of the 2015 Best of UNICEF Research competition winners.
May 2015 The 2015 PEP Annual Conference in Kenya - another successful gathering of development researchers and practicioners Nairobi, Kenya - April 29 to May 8
May 2015 PEP special session at the Canadian Economic Association (CEA) meeting Toronto, Ontario - Saturday May 30, 2015
May 2015 Nigerian researcher invited to discuss PEP findings at Harvard University April 13-14, 2015 - The only African paper presented at the World Demographic & Ageing Forum.
May 2015 The 2015 PEP Annual Conference held May 4-8, in Nairobi (Kenya) Discussing a variety of research and policy issues under the broad theme of "inclusive growth and employment for poverty reduction in developing countries"
April 2015 Call for papers - Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) Conference Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, December 2015 - Deadline for submission is August 1, 2015