LED Jobs & Opportunity

The Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network announces a call for proposals for its 2010 competition for research grants with a total value of up to $CAN 50,000 each.

PEP provides financial and scientific support to teams of developing country researchers studying poverty issues. specific objectives are

• better understand the causes and consequences of poverty
• propose pro-poor policies and programs
• improve the measurement and monitoring of poverty
• strengthen local research capacity on poverty issues
• develop new concepts and techniques for poverty analysis

to maximise capacity building, PEP favopurs teams composed of at least one senoir researcher supervising a gender-balanced group of junior reseachers. PEP especially encourages proposals from the poorest countries. funding includes a core research grant of $ CAN 20K, plus separate funding of up to $ CAN 30K to participate in training workshops, PEP meetings, international conferences, study visits and other activities. all team members must originate from and reside in a developing country during the course of the project. Grants are awarded under four programs

• Community Based Monitoring Systems (CBMS): for the development and institutionalisation of a community-based poverty monitoring system invoving either: (1) the development and pilot-test of a CBMS, or (2) expansion and institutionalisation of an existing CBMS
• Modeling and Policy Impact Analysis (MPIA): analysing the impacts of macroeconomic shocks and policies on poverty and income distribution (Priority themes: Inclusive growth, public spending and agricultural policies)
• Policy Impact Evaluation Research Initiative (PIERI): Evaluations of the impact of interventions that aim to increase human capital and alleviating poverty, e.g child health, schooling, training and safety net programs
• Poverty Monitoring, Measurement and Analysis (PMMA): monitoring, measurement and analysis of a wide range of poverty issues (Priority themes: Multidimensional poverty, public spending, intrahousehold and poverty dynamics)

Decisions will be communicated by April 30, 2010 at the latest.

FOR MORE INFORMATION and to submit proposal, please consult the "call for proposals" section on the PEP web site www.pep-net.org. PEP is financed by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and by the government of Canada through the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).