To facilitate effective dissemination and policy influence at the national level, PEP provides financial and logistical support for researchers to organize policy conferences, through which they can directly communicate and discuss their PEP research findings to an audience of policy makers, advisors and other stakeholders, in their home countries.
PEP researchers in Senegal hold national policy conference to highlight problems for working women under the EU Economic Partnership Agreement
March 28, 2019 | Dakar, Senegal
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to highlight how the EU Economic Partnership Agreement exacerbates gender inequality in Senegal’s labour market.
PEP researchers in Tanzania hold national policy conference to highlight how VAT reductions can boost growth
March 28, 2019 | Dodoma, Tanzania
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to highlight how VAT reductions on capital commodities can boost growth in Tanzania.
PEP researchers in Ghana hold national policy conference to promote non-farm work among farmers
March 21, 2019 | Accra, Ghana
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to highlight how non-farm work can improve farmers’ market participation and commercialization in Ghana.
PEP researchers in Niger hold national policy conference to promote surface water mobilization for hunger reduction
March 13, 2019 | Niamey, Niger
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how better use of surface water can help Niger achieve its “Zero Hunger” target.
PEP researchers in Macedonia hold national policy conference to highlight youth underemployment problem
March 7, 2019 | Skopje, Macedonia
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to highlight the youth underemployment problem facing Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
PEP researchers in Benin hold national policy conference calling for changes to youth employment interventions
February 25, 2019 | Cotonou, Benin
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how working while studying eases school-to-work transitions in Benin.
PEP researchers in Indonesia hold national policy conference calling for better maternal health care to improve SME productivity
February 13, 2019 | Jakarta, Indonesia
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how improving cognitive skills can increase productivity and growth in Indonesia.
PEP researchers in Serbia hold national conference to highlight how austerity measures exacerbate the gender pay gap
February 11, 2019 | Belgrade, Serbia
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how Serbia’s austerity measures exacerbate labour market gender inequality.
PEP researchers in Kenya hold national conference to highlight food security threat as farmers move into other sectors
February 8, 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how farmers moving into non-agricultural activities is threatening food security in East Africa.
PEP researchers in Uruguay spark discussion on domestic workers’ conditions at national conference
November 14, 2018 | Montevideo, Uruguay
A team of local PEP researchers sparked discussion on minimum wages and formality in the domestic work sector when the Minister of Labor attended their national policy conference.