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🗓 Join us online on November 21, 2025 (14:00 UTC | 5 p.m. EAT) to celebrate and launch the book ‘Youth Employment Programmes in Africa’ and a new open-access youth employment research repository.

🔗 Find out more and register to attend: lnkd.in/ed2Ei2cc

#YouthEmployment #Africa #LocalResearch
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Ten emerging education researchers from across Africa joined the AFEP Economics of Education Workshop in Nairobi 🇰🇪—strengthening their skills to design and communicate policy-relevant research.

🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dFF3Wp_N
#AFEP #PEPNetwork #EvidenceForImpact
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Learn how to design inclusive, evidence-based policies with PEP’s online training programme in Development Economics.

🎓 Complete 3 courses in 4 years to earn a Graduate Microprogram Certificate from Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy).

⏰ Register by 31 Oct!
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October 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Are we looking for development solutions only where the light shines?

PEP research by Kassouf & Ronconi finds a major gap between what matters most to people in the Global South and what gets published in top journals.

📘 Read more: www.pep-net.org/publications
October 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Food crises in Africa are now “more complex, more frequent, and affect both rural & urban households,” says Dr. Eleni Yitbarek (PEP & ERSA Research Fellow) at the SPARC & Jameel Observatory panel in Nairobi.

🔗Read the full insights and key takeaways: lnkd.in/dBr4MRj5
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ramaele Moshoeshoe, Director of the Africa Fellows in Education Program (AFEP), shares insights on the program’s impact and objectives during the ongoing AFEP workshop in Kenya.
#PEP #AFEP #GEAI #EducationinAfrica
October 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
📢 New Policy Brief: Women in Fish Farming – Pathways to Empowerment

Aquaculture is boosting women’s leadership & agency in Bolivia:
✅ Empowerment +16 points
✅ Female-majority groups: +36.7% leadership willingness

🔗 Read more:
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October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🗞️ Catch up with PEP findings, activities, events & publications for the month of September in our newsletter 👇
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September Newsletter
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October 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Food prices remain high across Africa, straining households & livelihoods.

On Oct 2 (Nairobi), PEP’s Dr. Eleni Yitbarek joins partners @AERCAfrica @ODIdev @SPARC_science to discuss causes, impacts & responses.

#FoodSecurity #Africa #EvidenceToPolicy
September 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
From Sept 22–24, the CLARITY-Africa Consortium met in Kigali to advance climate & health research. On Sept 23, PEP ED Prof. Jane Mariara delivered the keynote on Co-producing evidence to maximize impact.

🔗 Read more: www.pep-net.org/news/pep-exe...

#EvidenceForPolicy#CLARITYAfrica
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Prof. @jmariara.bsky.social, Executive Director of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), will share her expertise as a panelist at the Policy Dialogue Session of the 66th Annual Conference of the The Nigerian Economic Society (NES).
September 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
💬 What learners are saying about the GEI Online Course

Learners from diverse backgrounds are sharing how the Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) online course is shaping their research and professional practice.
September 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
#Hiring: Director of Strategy and Resource Mobilization

@PEPnetwork is seeking an exceptional professional to lead our strategic efforts in identifying, engaging, & securing financial & non-financial resources, while building lasting partnerships that align with PEP’s mission.
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
PEP is pleased to announce 10 fellows selected to participate in the Africa Fellows in Education Program 2025/2026.

Building upon the success of the first two rounds, PEP and the @geai_afep are proud to support a new cohort of ten fellows for this third edition of the program.
September 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
📰 Catch up with PEP findings, activities, events & publications for the month of August 2025 in our newsletter: lnkd.in/g2QieV6T
September 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In collaboration with Università degli Studi di Firenze in Italy, PEP is offering four online distance-learning courses between February 23 and May 31, 2026
September 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
North–South Research Collaboration — Partnership or Tokenism?

When research agendas, funding, and authorship remain concentrated in the North, while Southern collaborators are limited to fieldwork and “local insight,” can we truly call it collaboration?
September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Africa Fellows in Education Program (AFEP) Symposium, co-hosted by the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and the @geai_afep, convened African researchers, policymakers, and partners to share new evidence on strengthening foundational learning.
August 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
. @pepnetwork.bsky.social proudly celebrates the official installation of Professor Arnault Christian Emini, a long-standing PEP Research Fellow, Policy Outreach Advisor, and Resource Person with PEP, as Director General of Economy and Public Investment Planning in Cameroon.
August 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A high-level research dissemination conference held in Yaoundé has highlighted the importance of aligning home and school languages to improve early literacy outcomes in Cameroon.
August 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🌍 Learn to Lead with Inclusion

More than 3,000 learners worldwide are already strengthening their ability to design inclusive, impactful, and policy-relevant research through the Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Online Course by PEP, funded by @IDRC_CRDI.
August 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#NewBlog

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) aims to curb carbon leakage by taxing imports with high carbon footprints. But what does this mean for developing economies that are still navigating their own green transitions?
August 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
School-entry socio-emotional skills and early grade achievement in South Africa

This paper investigates whether socio-emotional skills at school entry are associated with later literacy and mathematics achievement in South Africa.
August 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🎓 Strengthen your research with the GEI Online Course

The Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Online Course equips researchers, students, and professionals with the tools to integrate GEI principles into every stage of the research cycle.
August 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#Female lead researchers are too often denied the recognition they deserve—expected to play a “mother” role instead of being respected as team leaders. hashtag#This must change.

🎥 Watch the previous video for background: shorturl.at/QzQeW
For over two decades, the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) has championed locally-led development across 66 countries, supporting nearly 400 projects and building the capacity of over 1300… | PEP...
For over two decades, the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) has championed locally-led development across 66 countries, supporting nearly 400 projects and building the capacity of over 1300 Southe...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM