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THE AERC 2020–2025 STRATEGIC PLAN

Data Collection
Level Expected Results Indicators Indicator Definition Baseline Target Values Final Instrument and Risks/Assumptions
Target Frequency

2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25
Activity 1.6.11.1: 1 1 1 1 1 ✓ Programme records.
Organize and conduct
SFSE annually for 80
students admitted
in CMAAE accredited
universities.
Output 1.6.12 CPP JFE graduates Number of students Annual count of students 14 15 24 24 24 24 ✓ AERC reports and
equipped with sponsored to attend CPP sponsored to attend programme records,
specialized advanced JFE annually. CPP JFE. annually.
economics skills.
Activity 1.6.12.1: 1 1 1 1 1 ✓ Programme records,
Organize and conduct annually.
JFE annually for 24
students admitted in CPP
universities.
Output 1.6.13 Economists with Number of CMAP, Cumulative count of CMAP-3 151 CMAP-3 277 CMAP-3 397 CMAP-3 527 CMAP-3 677 CMAP-3 897 ✓ AERC reports; ✓ Resources are available;
competencies to conduct CMAAE, and CPP CMAP, CMAAE, and CPP CMAAE-910 CMAAE-971 CMAAE- CMAAE- CMAAE- CMAAE- ✓ Programme records, ✓ Political stability;
economic policy research alumni produced. graduates produced CPP-249 CPP-263 1 045 1 132 1 230 1 345 annually.
and graduate training in since inception of the CPP-283 CPP-303 CPP-328 CPP-357 ✓ Universities with adequate
SSA produced. programmes. infrastructural and human
capacity to offer graduate
Activity 1.6.13.1: Award MA (40) MA (40) MA (40) MA (40) MA (40) ✓ AERC reports; training;
20 CMAP, 20 CMAAE, and PhD (24) PhD (24) PhD (24) PhD (24) PhD (24) ✓ Programme records, ✓ Students meet requisite skills
24 CPP scholarships annually. to enrol into the programme;
(seven to students
seeking to specialize in ✓ Attractive and relevant AERC
Agricultural and Applied programmes;
Economics) annually. ✓ Graduate student’s thesis
research work conforms to the
Activity 1.6.13.2: Award 6 6 6 6 6 ✓ Programme records, specific areas of interest of
six PhD German Academic annually. partnering consortia.
Exchange Service (DAAD)
Agricultural Economics
scholarships annually.
Activity 1.6.13.3: Award MA (100) MA (100) MA (100) MA (100) MA (100) ✓ Programme records,
100 MA and 24 CPP thesis CPP (24) CPP (24) CPP (24) CPP (24) CPP (24) annually.
research grants annually.
Activity 1.6.13.4: Award 6 6 6 6 6 ✓ Programme records,
six PhD DAAD, PARI, and annually.
New Partnership for
Africa’s Development
(NEPAD) Agricultural
Economics research
grants annually.

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