Political Economy Analysis
Understand the power dynamics and political landscape behind development challenges
Purpose-built for development practitioners — structured, evidence-based, and grounded in established PEA frameworks.
What you can do
Flexible inputs
Add context notes per section, upload reference documents, or paste URLs for the AI to draw on.
Easy to use interface
Enter topic, country, time period and audience — with tone and audience selectors to tailor the analysis to your exact context.
Deep research agent
Before writing, the agent searches existing PEAs, academic literature, political context and donor strategies — then compiles a research brief.
Tone and audience
Select your audience — donor, government, NGO, academic, media and more. Set tone to diplomatic, technical, advocacy-focused or accessible.
Fact checker and citations
Run a confidence check on any generated section. Choose your citation style — APA 7th, Chicago footnotes, endnotes or works cited list.
AI-powered PEA expert
PEA Petra — your AI co-author — reviews your analysis, flags gaps and suggests improvements in real time. You approve every change.
What the output looks like
Executive Summary
Key Actors and Interests
Power Dynamics
Drivers of Change