Partnership For Economic Policy Inc

PEP'S CORE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRY RESEARCHERS TO PRODUCE RELIABLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND INFORM RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC DEBATES ABOUT ECONOMIC POLICY, POVERTY, GENDER, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

THE YEAR 2021 WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR PEP AS WE ROSE TO THE ONGOING CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC. PEP WORKED DILIGENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCHERS, PROMOTE EVIDENCE-INFORMED DECISION MAKING, AND BUILD CAPACITY FOR POLICY ANALYSIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. WE EXPANDED OUR ONLINE ACTIVITIES TO KEEP OUR PROJECT TEAMS, SCIENTIFIC AND POLICY EXPERTS, AND STAFF SAFE WHILE CONTINUING TO CARRY OUT HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH AND DEMOCRATIZE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING.PEP DIRECTLY ANSWERED THE NEED FOR RAPID YET RIGOROUS EVIDENCE TO INFORM ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY AS GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD RESPONDED TO THE PANDEMIC AND ITS EFFECTS. AS PART OF OUR EFFORTS, WE SUPPORTED ELEVEN TEAMS LED BY SENIOR PEP-AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS IN AFRICA, ASIA, AND SOUTH AMERICA. PEP CONTINUES TO PROMOTE SOUTHERN VOICES. AS PART OF OUR HEIGHTENED EFFORTS TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF IN-COUNTRY EXPERTS LAST YEAR, WE FOUND EVIDENCE THAT RESEARCHERS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH REMAIN SEVERELY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, DESPITE THE REGION BEING THE FOCUS OF MOST DEVELOPMENT WORK. WE HOSTED POLICY WEBINARS WHERE PEP PROJECT TEAMS SHARED AND COMPARED FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOOSTING WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT WITH A BROAD, INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE. OUR RESEARCH FELLOWS HOSTED TWO SESSIONS OF SEMINARS TO SHARE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AND PRESENT NEW TECHNIQUES, TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW SERIES OF ONLINE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS ON LESSONS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE AND INCLUSIVE POLICY RESPONSES TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH. PEP RESEARCHERS' MULTIPLE PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AND PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL (ONLINE) CONFERENCES FURTHER RAISED OUR PROFILE. PEP'S INNOVATION, COMMITMENT TO QUALITY, AND A LOCALLY-FOCUSED PERSPECTIVE HELPED SECURE NEW COLLABORATIONS WITH THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION, CO-IMPACT, THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION, AND THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE IN 2021. IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BUILD UPON THE HARD WORK OF THIS PAST YEAR IN 2022.