Research fellows

PEP Research Fellows are senior researchers selected, on a competitive basis, to contribute to key PEP research, training and policy activities. They all are developing country nationals and almost all continue to live and work in a developing country.

In 2020, a group of PEP Research Fellows began a series of studies investigating the participation of researchers from the Global South in development economics research, policy, and consulting activities. This research is ongoing.

The findings of the first six studies (conducted in 2020-21) inspired PEP’s Call to Action for greater participation of Southern Researchers in economic development debates. More than 80 leading economists from around the world support this initiative. We invite you to add your support by signing the Call and sharing it with your networks.

Follow the PEP Research Fellows Twitter list to find out more about what they are working on.

Current fellows

Christian Arnault Emini

Christian Arnault Emini

PEP Research Fellow, Research Fellow Representative, Resource Person - Macro/Modeling Group, Policy Outreach Advisor

Senior Lecturer, Université Yaoundé II
Senior Economic Adviser, Prime Minister's Office, Cameroon

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Kibrom Abay

PEP Research Fellow

Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Ethiopia

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Marcos Agurto

PEP Research Fellow, Resource Person - Experimental Group

Professor and Vice President for Research,
Department of Economics,
Universidad de Piura,
Peru

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Vaqar Ahmed

PEP Research Fellow

Joint Executive Director,
Sustainable Development Policy Institute,
Pakistan

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Veronica Amarante

PEP Research Fellow, Gender Commitee

Professor,
Instituto de Economía,
Universidad de la República,
Uruguay

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Nisha Arunatilake

PEP Research Fellow, Research Fellow Representative, and Gender Committee

Director of Research,
Institute of Policy Studies,
Sri Lanka

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John Ataguba

PEP Research Fellow

Associate Professor,
University of Cape Town,
South Africa

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Ronelle Burger

PEP Research Fellow

Professor,
Stellenbosch University,
South Africa

Guillermo Cruces

Guillermo Cruces

PEP Research Fellow, Resource Person - Experimental Group

Deputy director, CEDLAS,
Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Argentina

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Dileni Gunewardena

PEP Research Fellow, Resource Person - Micro Group, Gender Committee

Professor,
University of Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka

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Ramos Mabugu

PEP Research Fellow

Professor,
Sol Plaatje University,
South Africa

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Marjan Petreski

PEP Research Fellow

Professor of Economics & Statistics,
University American College Skopje,
North Macedonia

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Lucas Ronconi

PEP Research Fellow, Policy Outreach Committee

Professor of Economics,
Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET,
Argentina

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Agnès Zabsonré

PEP Research Fellow

Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics and Management,
Université Nazi Boni,
Burkina Faso

Asiya Maskaeva

Asiya Maskaeva

PEP Research Fellow

Senior Lecturer,
Department of Economics
University of Dodoma,
Tanzania

Jorge Pablo Puig

Jorge Pablo Puig

PEP Research Fellow

Full time professor,
Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Argentina

Filipe Lage de Sousa

Filipe Lage de Sousa

PEP Research Fellow

Professor,
Universidade Federal Fluminense,
Economics Department,
Brazil

Eleni Yitbarek

Eleni Yitbarek

PEP Research Fellow

Post-doctoral research fellow,
University of Pretori,
South Africa

Olufunke Alaba

Olufunke Alaba

PEP Research Fellow

Senior Lecturer, Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

SUSMITA CHATTERJEE

SUSMITA CHATTERJEE

PEP Research Fellow

Program Head: Health Economics
George Institute for Global Health
308 Elegance Tower, Plot no 8, Jasola District Centre
New Delhi (Delhi)
India

Fisal Abbas

Faisal Abbas

PEP Research Fellow

Junior Researcher
Centre for Development Research(ZEF)
University of Bonn
Germany

Halefom-Nigus

Halefom Nigus

PEP Research Fellow

PhD fellow
Maastricht University, UNU - MERIT
Ethiopia

Prudence Magejo (Nee Kwenda)

Prudence Magejo (Nee Kwenda)

PEP Research Fellow

Associate Professor - Economics
School of Economic and Business Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa

 

Former PEP Research Fellows

Adeola Adenikinju, Professor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Mohamed Ayadi, Professor, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Mitzie Irene Conchada, Associate Professor, School of Economics, De La Salle University, Philippines

Jorge Davalos, Director of Research, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Peru

Abdel-Rahmen El Lagha, Assistant Professor, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Carmen Estrades, Associate Professor, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Werner Hernani-Limarino, Co-founder & Researcher, Fundacion ARU, Bolivia

Diana Kruger, Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile

Lulit Mitik Beyene, Consultant on Economy-wide Impact Analysis, World Bank, Ethiopia/United States

Junette Perez, Associate Professor, De La Salle University, Philippines

Abdoulaye Seck, Professor, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal

Nadia Belhaj Hassine, Senior Economist, World Bank, Tunisia

Fabio Soares, Researcher, International Policy Centre, for Inclusive Growth, Brazil

 

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