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Happy 14th Anniversary PEP
October 1, 2016
PEP celebrates 14 years of building and promoting the participation of local experts in development policy debates.
PEP researchers discuss migrant remittances at Economic Development Forum in Macedonia
September 22, 2016 | Skopje, Macedonia
Three PEP researchers participate in an Economic Development Forum on remittances from migrants
PEP national policy conference held in Kyrgyzstan to discuss findings on the impact of remittances on youth labor
September 15, 2016 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Local PEP researchers in Kyrgyzstan held a national policy conference to present and discuss their findings on the impact of remittances on the labor supply of left-behind youth
Female entrepreneurship hindered more by social and cultural constraints than access to finance
September 2016
Brookings article and ODI report concur with PEP findings: Female entrepreneurship is hindered by social and cultural factors more than by limited access to financial services.
PEP researchers present findings at Child Labor Conference in Brazil
August 18, 2016 | Porto Alegre, Brazil
PEP researchers, Ana Lucia Kassouf and Marcos de Oliveira Garcias, share their findings at the ARISE Conference on family farming and child labor in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
PEP impact story: PEP research informs new trade policies affecting rural Vietnam
September 2016
Findings by local PEP researchers in Vietnam inform new trade policies affecting rural areas.
PEP national policy conference to be held in Nigeria to discuss policy implications of a cash transfer scheme for the elderly
October 19, 2016 | Lagos, Nigeria
Local PEP researchers to hold a national policy conference in Lagos, Nigeria, to share their findings on the impact of a cash transfer scheme for the elderly with key stakeholders in the country.
PEP national policy conference held in India to discuss findings on the impact of trade on employment
August 19, 2016 | Kolkata, India
A team of local PEP researchers in India held a national policy conference in Kolkata to present their findings on the impact of trade on employment in the manufacturing sector.
PEP impact story: PEP research informs new policies to reduce poverty in Cameroon
September 2016
Findings by local PEP researchers in Cameroon inform new national poverty-reduction policies. The outstanding outcomes of this PEP project are summarized here.
PEP impact story: PEP research helps to change social assistance rulebook in Macedonia
August 2016
Local PEP researchers in Macedonia inform key policy decisions using their PEP findings. The outstanding outcomes of this PEP project, both in terms of research and policy impact, are summarized here.