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The bulk of the Institute's research is
Trade, Regional Integration and Competitiveness (TRIC)
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Survey and comparative analysis of productivity and competitiveness highlighted by regular Competitiveness and Sustainability reports
- Research into the technological innovations, products and services shaping the new economy.
- National and sub-regional trade, de-regulation and competition policies
- Analysis of proposals for policy coordination and harmonization in ECOWAS
- Options for effective integration of Africa into the global economy.
Macroeconomic Analysis, Modeling and Forecasting (MAMF)
- Exchange rate regimes and policies promoting economic diversification and international competitiveness.
- Macroeconomic stabilization and growth
- Development and adaptation of empirical models for policy analysis and forecasting.
Public Sector Economics and Management (PSEM)
- Fiscal federalism and the rationalization of fiscal structures
- Taxation and incentives
- Debt and budgetary policies
- Divestment of public enterprises
- Public investment policy.
Poverty, Income Distribution and the Labour Market (PIDLAM)
- Bottom-up perspectives on constraints to broad-based growth
- Decentralization and efficiency of public service delivery systems
- Poverty traps, vulnerability and coping mechanisms of the poor to risks and shocks
- Education, health and gender issues
- Evaluating market and non-market approaches to poverty reduction
- Wage determination, labour market distortions and productiveness.
Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRUD)
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Policy and institutional reforms.
- Technology generation, transfer and use
- Agribusiness and micro-enterprise development
- Food security, poverty and rural livelihoods
- Agricultural trade and comercialisation.
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