PEGNet brings together researchers and practitioners 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 writing of research proposals;
• To promote the exchange of ideas between researchers and development practitioners;
• To use research results as an input for policy advice concerning pro-poor growth strategies.