The mission of the DPC is to enhance national capacity and to promote overall environmentally sustainable development. The Centre serves as the policy conscience of the nation in the development process in and out of season. Its thrust is to be an independent think-tank, dedicated to the promotion of national development.
DPC’s research programmes relate to: Agriculture and rural development; Banking system reform; Education; Environmental policy; Exchange rate policy; Financial and capital markets; Fiscal policy; Foreign investment; Gender issues; Health; Human development; Industrial policy; Informal sector; Institutional reform; International capital flows; Investment policy; Labour markets and policy; Macroeconomic policy; Market efficiency and distortions; Microeconomic policy; Microenterprise/Small business; Monetary policy; Privatization; Regional development; Social security/Pension policy; Structural adjustment; Technology policy; Trade policy.