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Africa Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
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| Contact: |
Professor
Dephin G Rwegasira, Executive Director |
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| Address: |
8th
Floor, International House, P O Box 62882, Nairobi, KENYA |
| E-mail: |
exec.dir@aercafrica.org |
| Tel: |
00254
2 228057 |
| Fax: |
00254
2 219308 / 00254 2 246708 |
| HTTP: |
www.aercafrica.org |
| Type: |
Regional
NGO |
| Sector: |
economics |
| Geography: |
in
sub-saharan Africa |
| Activities: |
networking,
research, funding and training |
| Budget: |
not
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| Profile: |
The African
Economic Research Consortium (AERC), established in 1988, is
a public, not-for-profit organisation devoted to advanced policy
research and training. The principle objective is to strengthen
local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous enquiry
into problems pertinent to the management of economies in sub-Saharan
Africa. Its mission is based on two premises: i) development
is more likely to occur where there is sustained, sound management
of the economy, and ii) such management is more likely where
there exists an active, well-informed group of locally-based
professional economists to conduct policy-relevant research. |
| Approach: |
Networking
is strategically the key to implementing AERC's activities.
The Consortium currently brings together 15 funders to support
a mutually agreeable programme of research activities and their
dissemination, and the training of future potential researchers.
The AERC Training Programme is designed to augment the pool
of economic researchers in sub-Saharan Africa by supporting
graduate and postgraduate study in economics as well as improving
the capacities of departments of economics in local public universities. |
| Finance: |
No information
available |
| Notes: |
See the web site for more information. |
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| Last Updated:
13 January, 2009
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