African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), established in 1988, is a premier capacity building institution in the advancement of research and training to inform economic policies in sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of the most active Research and Capacity Building Institutions (RCBIs) in the world, with a focus on Africa. AERC’s mission rests on two premises:
Development is more likely to occur where there is sustained sound management of the economy.
Such management is more likely to happen where there is an active, well-informed cadre of locally-based professional economists to conduct policy-relevant research.
AERC builds that cadre through a programme that has three primary components: research, training and policy outreach.
The organization has now emerged as a premier capacity building network institution integrating high quality economic policy research, postgraduate training and policy outreach within a vast network of researchers, universities and policy makers across Africa and globally. AERC has increasingly received global acclaim for its quality products and services, and is ranked highly among global development think tanks.
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