Call for Papers: Poverty and Economic Policy Network,
06/05
Poverty and Economic Policy Network
Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals : Poverty Research in Developing Countries
The Laval University-based Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network
invites research proposals from developing-country researchers on poverty
monitoring, measurement and analysis, or on modeling and poverty impact
analysis. Deadline: November 30, 2004.
Call for Proposals : Poverty Research in Developing Countries
The Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network brings together and
provides support to developing-country researchers working to reduce poverty.
PEP is composed of three tightly linked constituent networks:
* Community-Based Monitoring Systems (CBMS) designs and pilots community-based
monitoring and local development systems aimed at poverty in its
multidimensional sense.
* Poverty Monitoring, Measurement and Analysis (PMMA) aims to develop and
apply analytical tools to monitor, measure and understand poverty, and to
analyze a wide range of poverty issues. The PMMA network currently focuses
mainly on multidimensional poverty analysis, public spending, and
intra-household allocation.
* Modeling and Policy Impact Analysis (MPIA) uses economy-wide models as a
"laboratory" to identify and analyze the links between specific policies and
shocks and their eventual impacts on poverty. The poverty impacts of growth,
public spending, and agricultural policies are priority themes for the MPIA
network.
This call for research proposals concerns the PMMA and MPIA networks and
targets researchers residing in developing countries. Both networks offer
research grants (CA $20,000 each) as well as technical and scientific support
to member researchers. Both also offer a special Gender Challenge Fund for
poverty studies on gender issues.
Proposals submitted before November 30, 2004 will be considered for
presentation at the June 13-17, 2005 PEP general meeting in Sri Lanka. To
maximize local capacity-building, we particularly encourage teams composed of
a senior researcher supervising several younger researchers particularly
female researchers.
For more information : www.pep-net.org/
John Cockburn, co-director
Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network
CIRPÉE, Department of Economics, Laval University
Quebec City (Quebec) G1K 7P4
CANADA
Tel: 1-418-656-2131 ext 2697; fax: 1-418-656-7798
Email: jcoc@ecn.ulaval.ca
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