December 2025
Season's Greetings from PEP
December 2025
Wishing you a happy holiday season and all the best for 2026 from PEP. Thank you for your support and engagement with our activities this year.Local evidence for local solutions
The Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) is a Southern-led global organization dedicated to supporting development in the Global South. We do this by providing high-quality, locally-generated evidence that informs better decisions in policy and practice.
We believe that evidence produced from an in-country perspective, by empowered and engaged local researchers, results in: better policy choices, more sustainable development outcomes, and more inclusive policy debates.
Find out more about us, our vision, mission and approach, as well as how we are promoting local leadership in development economics.
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When global crises hit home: lessons from Kenya’s Russia-Ukraine war shock
By Prof. Jane Mariara and Jorge Dávalos
This briefing was first published by ODI Global . In this briefing, they examine a critical failure point: how institutional capacity, rather than just macroeconomic buffers, determines the severity of global shocks in countries like Kenya.
Empowerment: Kenya’s path to a Giant Leap
By Prof. Jane Mariara
Originally published by Earth4All, in this article Prof. Mariara examines how empowerment sits at the heart of Kenya’s current socio-political moment—linking youth protests, women’s movements, unpaid care, and policy reform—and outlines practical pathways to translate rising public demands for inclusion into lasting economic and social transformation.
Beyond a Seat at the Table: What Fair Collaboration Really Looks Like
By Prof. Jane Mariara
In this issue, Prof. Jane Mariara argues that balanced North–South collaboration is central to addressing the mismatch between development research agendas and the realities and priorities of the people the evidence is meant to serve. She then asks: what does fair collaboration really look like?
