African Economic Research Consortium

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), established in 1988, is a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of policy research and graduate training to inform economic policies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The principal objective is to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into problems pertinent to the management of Sub-Saharan African economies through a synergetic programme combining economic research with postgraduate training in economics and supported by an interactive communications and policy outreach, within a vast network of researchers, universities and policymakers across Afri