PEGNet brings together researchers with an interest in issues revolving around the poverty-inequality-growth nexus in developing countries, and links them to the German and international development policy bodies. Its main aims are:

-To facilitate cooperation among researchers and practitioners, e.g. by creating virtual research communities as common work platforms; To initiate joint activities such as the hosting of conferences and seminars and the realization of practically relevant research projects;

-To promote the exchange of ideas between researchers and development practitioners;

-To conduct joint program and project evaluations;

-To use research results as an input for policy advice