“A big problem with Youth Employment Policy implementation in Ethiopia is the lack of institutional support and monitoring. The revolving fund is not revolving,” says panelist Tsega Gebrekristos Mezgebo, Assistant Professor at the Ethiopian Civil Service University #PEPconf2024

Welcome back to the 2024 PEP Policy Conference on the Future of Work in the Global South. Our second session today will focus on "The AI Revolution and Labour Markets in Developing Countries:" Watch online at youtube.com/live/k4d5s2yTR… and share your thoughts using #PEPconf2024

“Larger, older organisations in the region may still be in the digitalisation phase but with a young population, they are ready and quick to take up AI technology” says John Matogo at #PEPconf2024 Watch online: youtube.com/live/k4d5s2yTR…

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One half done. 🙂 #CommsTraining PEP - Partnership for Economic Policy Amazed by the diversity in cultural contexts and humbled to find common threads that bind.

Potentially useful piece of legislation. If implemented right can effect fiscal discipline. Many good provisions in Part XII on SOEs. But is there an overlap b/w this & Public Commercial Business Bill (based on the SOE Policy drafted by SOERU and approved by Cabinet)?

Pleased to share our new report, which takes a comprehensive approach to analysing education's interlinkages with climate. Looking forward to your thoughts on our framing and recommendations!

The COVID-19 pandemic taught us two things. First, how much we can achieve via technology without in-person meetings; and second, how much we cannot achieve without in-person meetings. Pleased to have spent the week in Nairobi for PEP - Partnership for Economic Policy's first post-COVID in-person

Authors: Nisha Arunatilake Araar Abdelkrim, Usha Perera Priyanka Dileni Gunewardena #LocalResearchforBetterPolicies #PEPfindings #PEPpublication

🎉 Excited to announce that I’ll be presenting at this year's #D4N2024 conference in beautiful Sri Lanka! Join us in person or online from Dec 3-5. Register here: bit.ly/D4N2024

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! 🌟 Attention! Registration for the *Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Connecting the Dots Across Systems* (#D4N2024) conference is now open! 🎉 ✅ Free registration 🕒 Dec 3-5 🌍 Join us in person in Sri Lanka—in-person 👉 bit.ly/D4N2024_regist…

📢 Happening soon! Meet our 2nd panel on ‘Skills, Jobs & Wages: A Low Productivity Trap?’ at #SOE2024 launch. 📅Tuesday, 8 October 2024 ⌚ 9.00 AM - 1.00 PM 📍Dr Saman Kelegama Auditorium, IPS (1/2)

It is amazing how time flies! I guess this is only possible when working with fantastic people and stakeholders! PEP - Partnership for Economic Policy family is a real gem!

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