This is the first item of the "PEP video-news series", created to present each of the projects selected for support under the new PEP research and capacity building initiative for Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment (PAGE) in developing countries. The PAGE program is co-funded by UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and Canada's International Development Research Center (IDRC).
Click here to find more information on the PAGE program. Out of the 23 projects selected (in June 2013) to receive support under the first round of PAGE funding, 14 are in low-income countries, fragile and/or conflict states. |
This project is conducted by a French-speaking research team, and presented (with subtitles) by two of its members in the enclosed video. | |||
Research team
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This study coincides with the beginning of a resource boom in Niger, making it possible to test the effectiveness of government policies in terms of employment and investment in education, defined as priorities in the context of the National Economic and Social Development Strategy. The research team will conduct a series of macro policy simulations, using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Niger economy (find out more about the method), to derive the impacts of prospective increases in public expenditures, financed by revenues from the oil and mining sector. In particular, the researchers aim to explore structural changes that may occur in the labour market, following investments and policy measures (especially those related to education) implemented in this context.
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Research questions:
Policy engagement
All have shown keen interest in the expected outcomes, and assured both their support in the conduct of the study, as well as for the dissemination of the findings. |
Recent updates reported by the project team
More updates to come.. |
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