Pilot: July 2024 - March 2025
Bangladesh, Benin and Ethiopia
Funder: Co-Develop Implementing Partners: SANEM (Bangladesh), ACED (Benin) EEA (Ethiopia)
In collaboration with Co-Develop, GDN implemented a pilot programme which enabled three local research institutions in Bangladesh, Benin and Ethiopia to study the socioeconomic impacts of DPI in their respective countries. Guided by a Scientific Committee, the three research teams shared methodological approaches and data access strategies while building strong networks with government agencies responsible for national DPI implementation.
This partnership aims to create a South-South and North-South community of researchers working on DPI and its developmental impacts, generating high-quality comparative evidence on DPI rollouts and use cases. The outcomes will feed up-to-date evidence into national and global debates on DPI, contributing to a larger global initiative set to launch shortly.
In June 2025, we hosted a day-long conference on the Economics of DPI in New Delhi to lay the foundation for policy-relevant, evidence-based research that can inform the scale-up of DPI globally. The conference brought together a diverse group of stakeholders from academia, think tanks, government, multilateral institutions, philanthropy, and industry to engage in meaningful dialogue on the future of DPI. The event also marked the beginning of a sustained, Global South-led research agenda on the economics of DPI.
