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2020 PEP Annual Conference
September 22 - October 16, 2020 | Online
This year's PEP conference will move online to bring together development researchers, practitioners, leading experts and policy stakeholders from around the world, for training, peer reivew and to discuss issues, challenges and opportunities related to economic policy analysis and advisory work.
PEP Online Training Program: Applied Development Economics
Register by October 10, 2020
PEP is offering four online distance-learning courses in Applied Development Economics, in collaboration with Université Laval in Canada, from January to April, 2021.
High quality of PEP research recognised in international journals
August 2020
12 papers based on PEP projects have been published or accepted for publication in high-ranking international peer-reviewed journals this year.
COVID-19 response
Updated: August 2020
How PEP is responding to COVID-19 as an international organisation, and resources to help inform policy responses.
IDRC awards funding to PEP for COVID-19 crisis recovery research initiative
July 2020
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has awarded funding to PEP for a new research initiative to inform inclusive adaptation and recovery policies responding to the COVID-19 crisis in developing countries.
2019 PEP Annual Report now online
July 2020
Explore PEP’s new, online Annual Report for 2019, reviewing the progress, outputs and impact of PEP support and activities throughout last year.
PEP well-represented at 2020 Global Economic Analysis conference
June 17-19, 2020
Three PEP researchers and a PEP Research Fellow presented papers at the 23rd Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, held online.
New PEP Call for Proposals: Climate Change in sub-Saharan Africa
Submission deadline: August 25, 2020
Submit your proposals for gender-sensitive policy analysis on "Climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: The impacts and responses for women and girls"
PEP online courses build capacity in low-income and fragile situations
May 2020
134 participate in 2020 edition of PEP online training courses and 23, predominantly from low-income and fragile situations, are awarded the Graduate Microprogram Certificate in Development Economics.
PEP experts help lead Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey in South Africa
May 2020
A member of the PEP Board of Directors and a PEP Research Fellow are helping to lead a collaborative research project on the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 in South Africa.