About CPED

The Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED) is an independent Think Tank organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development and reducing poverty and inequality through policy oriented research and active engagement on development issues. CPED is located in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. The Organisation was formally registered in Nigeria by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 1999. CPED is a member of different Think Tank Networks including the “Southern Voice Network, West Africa Think Tanks Network (WATTNet)”, and also a beneficiary of the Think Tank Initiative (TTI), a multi-donor program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The Centre’s Executive Director is Professor Emeritus Andrew Godwin Onokerhoraye, vice chancellor University of Benin (1992-1998).

Projects

Women RISE Project

Women RISE (Women’s health and economic empowerment for a COVID-19 Recovery that is Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable) is a new initiative to support action-oriented research on how women’s health...

The SPARC Project

The Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) programme has been awarded funding by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for a new research...

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