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New PEP call for Expressions of Interest
Submission deadline: November 12, 2021
Submit your expression of interest to evaluate a new or existing policy initiative in East or West Africa using experimental evaluation techniques.
Hewlett Foundation awards funding to PEP to strengthen IE capacities
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has awarded three-year funding to PEP for a two-pronged approach to stregthening the demand for and supply of high-quality impact evaluation research for policymaking in East and West Africa.
Development Economics Skills Webinars (2nd semester)
September-November 2021 | Webinars
Join PEP’s Research Fellows for a series of free webinars to learn about new advances, topics and developments in development economics.
Happy 19th Anniversary PEP!
October 1, 2021
PEP celebrates 19 years of building and promoting local capacity to drive sustainable development in the Global South
PEP Online Training Program: Applied Development Economics
Register by October 15, 2021
PEP is offering four online distance-learning courses in Applied Development Economics, in collaboration with Université Laval in Canada, from January to April, 2022.
PEP MPIA Research Director elected President of the Economic Society of South Africa
September 2021
Professor Heinrich Bohlmann, PEP Research Director for the Macro-Micro Policy Modeling group, elected as President of the Economic Society of South Africa.
PEP experts co-author T20 Policy Brief on gender-sensitive Covid-19 recovery
September 15, 2021
Four PEP experts have co-authored a T20 policy brief providing recommendations to address gender-related health barriers as part of the Covid-19 crisis recovery.
COVID-19 response
Updated: September 2021
How PEP is responding to COVID-19 as an international organisation, and resources to help inform policy responses.
PEP welcomes Professor Sylvain Dessy as new PMMA Research Co-Director
July 30, 2021
Professor Sylvain Dessy takes on a new role with PEP as the Research Co-Director for the Microeconomic non-experimental analysis (PMMA) research group.
Five project teams selected for support under Climate Change in Africa initiative
July 2021
Five teams of researchers and government officers will benefit from PEP support under the Climate Change in Africa: Impacts and Responses for Women and Girls initiative.