Project News

The Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) Annual Conference 2026 will take place from 9–12 June in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together development researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and international experts to discuss pressing economic policy challenges facing the Global South. This year’s conference, hosted under the theme *“Rethinking the Future of Innovation: What It Takes for Systems to […]

The INFoCAT project, part of Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA), explores how clean energy-powered agritech innovations can support women and youth in agriculture across West Africa. A new report, Promoting Women and Youth-Led Clean Agritech Innovations in Africa, brings together findings from the project’s work in Ghana, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire. […]

In October 2025, the Clean Energy for Development initiative gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa for a cross-cohort in-person workshop. On Friday 17 October, we held a policy event, entitled ‘Unlocking the Potential of Small and Medium Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Clean Energy Transition’. The event brought together key policymakers, activists and researchers working on […]

As the clean energy transition gains momentum, it vital to ensure that the clean energy transition is fair and inclusive. Under Brazil’s 2024 G20 presidency, countries endorsed principles that call for addressing inequalities and ensuring women and youth are active participants in the shift to renewable energy. Turning these goals into action remains difficult. Barriers […]

The GENERIS project recently supported Bolivia’s first National Workshop on Distributed Generation, in collaboration with the Vice Minister of Electricity and Fernando Vargas from Generis Bolivia. The event brought together stakeholders from GIZ, the French Development Agency, IDB, the World Bank, and local universities, and focused on the presentation of AETN Resolution No. 379/2024, which […]

The Catalytic Climate Finance (CC) Facility Learning Hub has opened a call for proposals on Local Capital Mobilization Research project. The CC Facility Learning Hub are looking to build upon the knowledge from a forthcoming report on local capital mobilization, by engaging with local institutions on research related to knowledge gaps in mobilizing domestic capital […]