Research centre focusing on the social tensions that arise in the process of development. The Centre’s recent and current areas of expertise include:
- economies in transition
- stabilisation and structural adjustment programmes
- tertiary education in economics
- capacity building in macroeconomic policy analysis
- gender and development
- agricultural development policy analysis and formulation
- labour economics
- project evaluation (Logical Framework Analysis)
- water issues and the environment
- evaluation of human rights projects
- illicit drugs and development
- evaluation of infrastructure developments
- training for public service employees in developing countries