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PEP Executive Director promotes evidence use for sustainable development

November, 2023 | Kenya and Turkey

In November, PEP’s Executive Director, Prof. Jane Mariara, represented the organisation at international events promoting evidence use for environmental sustainability and increasing gender equality.

Reshaping the Education Policy Landscape in Africa

Blog by the Partnership for Economic Policy

Getting to know the Africa Fellows in Education Program, the fellows and their work.

Calling for soft-skills training to address labour market gender gaps in Kenya

November 21, 2023 | Nairobi, Kenya

Local PEP researchers held a meeting to share findings and policy lessons from an ongoing study looking at how soft-skills training can help address labour market gender gaps in Kenya.

New PEP Research Fellow Representative elected

November 1, 2023

PEP Research Fellows elect Dr Nisha Arunatilake as their new representative to work alongside Dr Christian Emini.

Highlighting structural barriers to decent work for women in Sri Lanka

October 31, 2023 | Colombo, Sri Lanka

A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to share their findings on the barriers that women face in accessing decent work.

PEP Online Training Program: Applied Development Economics

Register by October 31, 2023

PEP  is offering four online distance-learning courses in Applied Development Economics, in collaboration with University of Florence in Italy,  from February to May 2024.

Focus on using Southern evidence, say PEP staff at international conferences

October 20, 24 and 27, 2023

Senior PEP staff advocate for locally-generated evidence to inform more effective and sustainable policies at international development events.

Pilot program for more equitable health insurance launches in Ethiopia

October 29-30, 2023 | Hawassa and Adama, Ethiopia

Kick-off meetings in the two national regional states where the pilot program will be implemented garnered high-level support for the project.

PEP researchers call for women-focused policies at international conferences

October 20, 2023

Two PEP researchers presented their findings and policy recommendations at different international events.