Our research is global in scope: current and recent projects include an analysis and costing of a child benefit for Vietnam, a quasi-experimental evaluation of the Child Support Grant in South Africa, construction of a financing model to calculate and compare the estimated costs and impacts of cash transfers in different countries, a feasibility study for a social pension in Malawi, and a review of social protection programmes in Africa.
Implementation
The majority of EPRI’s current research focuses on social protection; policies and programmes that are designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability by providing assistance to groups who need special care, or by helping people protect themselves against hazards and loss of assets/income.
Research
We are committed to pro-poor, equitable and inclusive economic growth and to social protection for vulnerable people as a developmental response to poverty.
Policy Advisory
EPRI has provided support and advisory work to DFID, UNICEF, the World Bank, UNFPA, AusAID, GTZ, Irish Aid and a wide range of national governments and non-governmental organisations on six continents.
Capacity Development
As part of its commitment to capacity building and South-South learning, the Economic Policy Research Institute teaches a variety of social protection courses to policymakers, government officials, program practitioners, and representatives from multilateral agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
