January-July, 2024
So far in 2024, more than half of PEP’s Research Fellows have participated in international events and/or had their research published.
Ana Kassouf presenting at the 16th International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses in Pau, France
PEP’s Research Fellows have had a busy and productive first half of 2024, contributing their important perspectives to international economic development research debates.
Five fellows have participated as presenters or speakers at six international events. Four more have had their research published in international academic journals, and eight have published PEP research.
The presentations and publications span a range of important topics for international development, including poverty, health, employment, climate/environment, youth, women, and the importance of including Southern research perspectives.
In chronological order:
January
- Ramos Mabugu presented a paper on ‘Ending Poverty and Accelerating Growth In South Africa’, at the 9th World Congress of the International Microsimulation Association (IMA) in Vienna, Austria.
- Nisha Arunatilake presented a paper on ‘Alternative Livelihoods for Tobacco Farmers and SSB taxes in Sri Lanka’ at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2024 on “Geopolitics, Human Security and Health Equity in an Era of Polycrises” in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Asiya Maskaeva had the paper she co-authored (with Pierre Failler, Honita Cowaloosur, Philippe Lallemand, Jerry Mang’ena) entitled ‘Assessment of socioeconomic and ecosystem services of the blue economy in Tanzania using the UNECA's Blue Economy Valuation Toolkit’ published in Marine Policy
February
- Marcos Agurto had the paper he co-authored with Sandra Buzinsky, Fernando Fernández, and Javier Torres on ‘Empowering Underprivileged College Students through Leadership Roles in their Communities: Experimental Evidence from Peru’ published in the Journal of Human Capital.
- This article was developed based on the PEP research project into Academic Ambassadors and the Diffusion of Digital Financial Services among the Peruvian Poor.
- This article was developed based on the PEP research project into Academic Ambassadors and the Diffusion of Digital Financial Services among the Peruvian Poor.
March
- Eleni Yitbarek chaired and presented a paper on the ‘Crop Diversification and Poverty Dynamics: An Analysis of Panel and Climatic Data from Rural Nigeria’ at the ‘Agriculture, Macro and Farm Resource Use’ session at the CSAE Conference 2024: Economic Development in Africa in Oxford, UK.
- Ana Lucia Kassouf represented PEP while presenting on ‘Overcoming Obstacles: Addressing the Underrepresentation of Researchers from Developing Countries in Development Research’ at an online seminar for Harvard University, USA.
- Watch the presentation
- Read what Ana had to say about the event.
- Marjan Petreski had the paper he co-authored (with Stefan Tanevski, Irena Stojmenovska) on “Employment, Labor Productivity and Environmental Sustainability: Firm-level Evidence from Transition Economies. Business Strategy and Development” published in Business Strategy and Development.
April
- Jorge Puig presented a paper on ‘Energy subsidies: conceptual framework and measurement for distributive impacts in Argentina’ at the 9th Latin American Energy Economics Meeting (ELAEE) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Ana Lucia Kassouf presented a paper on ‘The Impact of Natural Disaster on Education in Brazil’ at the 16th International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses in Pau, France.
- Thierno Malick Diallo and Lucas Ronconi had their paper “Beyond the Law-in-the-Books: Labour Enforcement in Senegal” published in The Economic and Labour Relations Review.
May
- Filipe Lage de Sousa, alongside his PEP co-authors (Bernardo Cabral, Glaucia Ferreira, Isabella Dias, and Synthia Santana) published PEP Working Paper 2024-06: ‘From invisible door to glass ceiling: Barriers to women obtaining decent work in Brazil’
- Ramos Mabugu and Lucas Ronconi published PEP Working Paper 2024-07: ‘The Implementation of Youth Employment Programs in Seven Nations in Sub Saharan Africa: A Synthesis of Country Studies’
June
- Nisha Arunatilake and Dileni Gunewardena, alongside their PEP co-authors (Abdelkrim Araar, Marzia Fontana, Priyanka Jayawardena and Usha Perera) published PEP Working Paper 2024-08: ‘Women's Access to Quality Work: A Cross-Country Analysis’
- Vaqar Ahmed, Ronelle Burger and Ramos Mabugu published PEP Working Paper 2024-09: ‘Leading the Way: Fostering North-South Research Collaborations’
July
- Nkechi Owoo published PEP Working Paper 2024-10: ‘Gender, Disability and Economic Outcomes’
