On 18 November 2021, the Early Stage Researchers working under the umbrella of work package 3 (Optimising the impact of poverty reduction-related policies) met at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at The Hague for their monthly peer-learning meeting. The group members based at the ISS and Ruhr-University Bochum exchanged research ideas and updated themselves on the state of their individual projects. On the following day, 19 November, group members met up with Prof. Wil Hout who is the research director for the ESR projects 13 - 15.