Common themes emerged from the perspectives of researchers supported under the PAGE I initiative (2012-2016), following the evaluation of their countries’ priority issues.
FIndings from their studies, conducted throughout the Global South, are compared and summarized in the following articles:

• Female entrepreneurship hindered more by social and cultural contraints than access to finance
• Why youth become entrepreneurs
• Introducing a minimum wage can improve well-being
• How migration and remittances affect welfare and employment at home
• Managing the mining industry to help reduce poverty
• How cash transfers support vulnerable populations
• How informal sector workers protect themselves without access to social assistance

Analyse de situation: Profil de l'équité et de la pauvreté des enfants et des femmes au Burkina Faso en 2010
Une étude commanditée par UNICEF (IN FRENCH ONLY)

Fiscal Space and Public Spending on Children in Burkina Faso (final report)
A UNICEF-commissioned study

Aussi disponible EN FRANÇAIS: Espace fiscal et dépenses publiques pour les enfants au Burkina Faso

PEP-UNICEF Collaborations: Producing Evidence to Help Improve Child Well-being in Developing Countries
While building and promoting local expertise on child-related issues

Assessing the Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis and Appropriate Policy Responses in Asia;
Case Studies of Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Philippines

Investing in Public Infrastructure: An Effective Inclusive Growth Strategy?
Evidence from China, Pakistan and the Philippines

PEP-MPIA Network: the Growing Family of PEP Standard CGE Models
Cutting-Edge Developments, Open-Source Dissemination, Timely Modeling Applications

Global Financial Crisis:
Providing a Local Perspective on the Poverty Impacts in Developing Countries