Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development 2.5

The Programme to Support Pro-poor Policy Development (PSPPD) is a research and capacity-building programme that is located within the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME). The PSPPD supports the DPME and other government departments by assisting policy-makers to systematically harness the best available evidence to inform the policy-making process, and builds on the existing body of evidence through its research component and partnerships with academia, think tanks and the public sector.

The PSPPD’s core purpose is to improve evidence-based policy-making (EBPM) and implementation on poverty and inequality at national and provincial levels through a variety of learning and capacity-development tools, such as research grants, training events, workshops, conferences, and study tours.

Together with the DPME’s complementary National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), a panel study of income dynamics among South Africans, the PSPPD plays a central role in providing a more comprehensive, qualitatively- and quantitatively-informed evidence base for policy decisions-makers and critical role players within the policy framework.