Events Manager

(£46,000 – £49,000 a year, depending on experience) About PBE We use economics to improve lives. Through analytical expertise and our close connection with the social sector, we help charities,...

Vacancy July 8, 2025

Trustee

About us At PBE we use economics to improve lives. Through analytical expertise and our close connection with the social sector, we help charities, funders, firms and policymakers tackle the...

Vacancy May 28, 2025

Economics to improve lives

Right now, over 3 million of us are living in ‘wellbeing poverty’. Long-term challenges – including poor health, loneliness, and economic insecurity – continue to weigh heavily on people’s lives.  ...

Event May 19, 2025

Going beyond GDP: The way forward

By Jon Franklin The Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ commitment to “go further and faster to kickstart economic growth” has cast fresh light on an old debate – does GDP (Gross Domestic Product)...

Insight May 7, 2025

PBE – our story so far 

In 2009, as the world struggled through the financial crisis, two economists saw an opportunity to do things differently. Andy Haldane (Bank of England economist) and Martin Brookes (then CEO...

Insight April 25, 2025

Our impact in 2024

By Tera Allas, Chair, Pro Bono Economics and Matt Whittaker, CEO, Pro Bono Economics While 2024 was a year of change for the country, with the general election delivering a first...

Impact Report March 25, 2025

Five years on from lockdown, how are we all doing?

By PBE CEO Matt Whittaker Remarkably, next month marks the five-year anniversary of the first national lockdown of the Covid pandemic. As surreal as it was tragic, it’s a period...

Insight March 10, 2025

Impact reports

Our impact in 2024 While 2024 was a year of change for the country, with the general election delivering a first Labour government in 14 years, it was also a...

Page February 20, 2025

Maliha Rahanaz

Maliha is an Economist at PBE specialising in impact evaluation, with expertise in randomised controlled trials and applied econometrics. Maliha primarily works with topics in development economics focusing on low...

People May 15, 2025

Chancellor urged to turbocharge investment in children’s social care to rebuild hollowed out early intervention services preventing children reaching crisis point

The Children’s Charities Coalition is urging the Chancellor to turbocharge long-term investment in children’s social care to enable local authorities to rebuild early intervention services, preventing more children and families...

Media office April 3, 2025