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PEDL Conference 2017
To read more about the IGC-PEDL conference organised in December 2017 at LSE, please click the title above.
Bribery and entrepreneurship: Sam Leone explains
Sam Leone discusses his upcoming project that tries to understand bribery’s effect on entrepreneurship.
PEDL Extension!
We are pleased to announce that the PEDL programme has been extended until end 2020.
Five Stars for Bringing Down Pollution: MPCB Starts Rating Industries
Following PEDL funded research, to tackle the growing danger of air pollution, the Maharashtra government today launched India’s first five-star rating system for industries.
22nd ERG call: The two successful proposals
PEDL Scientific Committee’s selected two successful projects proposed by brilliant PhD students. Click on the title to find out who they are and which research idea secured them the funding.

Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) is a joint research initiative of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Department For International Development (DFID). It offers a competitive research grants scheme for projects related to the behaviour of firms in Low-Income Countries (LICs) that aim to better understand what determines the strength of market forces driving efficiency in these countries.

Since the launch of the initiative in December 2011, 105 Exploratory Grants, 33 Major Grants and 46 Special Exploratory Grants have been awarded, ranging from business transformation in low-income countries to market incentives and efficiency.

An important criterion for funding of grant proposals is their relevance to policy in LICs and other eligible countries as defined by the PEDL programme. For more information on our grants, please see our Funding page.