Organisation African Economic Research Consortium - Research Programmes
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Parent Professional Class Capacity Building - Africa Continental
u.r.l. http://www.aercafrica.org/programmes/research.asp
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Country Kenya
Location Nairobi
Address African Economic Research Consortium, 3rd Floor-Middle East Bank Towers Building, Milimani Road, Nairobi
Postal Address P. O. Box 62882 00200 Nairobi Kenya.
Telephone 254 20 2734150
Management u.r.l. http://www.aercafrica.org/about/structure_bod.asp
Fax 254 20 2734170
Sector Professional capacity building
Organisation Type African NGO
Status active
Stated Role AERC, established in 1988, is a public not-for-profit organization devoted to advanced policy research and training in economics.<P>
Activities The Research Programme has four principal objectives:<P>To build a credible local capacity for policy-oriented research<P>To generate research results for use by policy analysts and policy makers<P>To promote links between research and policy<P>To encourage retention of high quality researchers <P>The research supported by AERC falls in four main components: Thematic, Comparative and Collaborative Research projects, as well as Special Workshops.<P>
Geographical Focus  
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Current Positions
Position Name From To
Executive Director Prof. William Lyakurwa 2007  
Budgets
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Links to Related Organisations
Parent Tree Professional Class Capacity Building - Africa Continental
Professional Class Capacity Building
Human Capital Capacity
Initiatives Research
Subsidiary Organisations  
Sibling Organisations UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa
Advisory Services for Private Business - ASPB
African Economic Research Consortium -Training Programme
Strengthening Institutions - TrustAfrica
Incubator Network Africa
CIFAL Web - Programme
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
Commonwealth Local Government Good Practice Scheme
African Business Roundtable
BPW International - Africa Initiatives
Vital Voices - Africa-China Exchange Programme
Entrepreneurs to Enhance Growth in the Developing World
Health Management & Leadership Training Programme
African Higher Education & Training Initiative - AHET
African Technology for Education & Workforce Development Initiative - AFTECH
African Women's Development Fund
Associated Organisations African Economic Research Consortium
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - SIDA
Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation
United States Agency for International Development
Norwegian Agency For Development Cooperation - NORAD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Netherlands
Department For International Development - DFID
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Denmark
World Bank - Africa Regional Office
Rockefeller Foundation
African Development Bank Group - ADB
European Commission
Donor Recipients  
Past Positions
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Record last updated on 15 OCT 2007