PPRC’s contribution to innovative research methodologies and approaches spans across multiple themes with particular attention to mixed-method approaches combining quantitative and qualitative instruments. The Centre’s experiences has been collated into several publications that are used as source materials by various stakeholders. The participatory approach championed by PPRC has entailed innovating multiple approaches to stakeholder engagement and conducting consultations, big and small.

PPRC’s unique advocacy style has always involved bridging quality economic research with social activism, leading to what we term as ‘Research Activism.’ This has allowed PPRC to develop linkages both within diverse grass-root circles as well policy and political circles.

PPRC team’s research from 1990 to 2007 served a critical role in scaling up policy engagement with the issue of monga and extreme poverty. The organization has also led national efforts on scaling up social protection through comprehensive studies on safety nets, including Safety Nets in Bangladesh Volumes 1 & 2 (PPRC & UNDP).

PPRC’s current engagement on the poverty agenda is on the efficacy of safety nets (Spot Checks of five major Disaster Ministry programs) and bringing to policy attention the third poverty frontier, namely excluded and marginalized communities (EU-supported project being implemented jointly with SEHD).