The GIGA Institute of African Affairs:
- conducts research on political, economic and social affairs in contemporary Africa. All researchers possess relevant regional expertise and language skills and make use of state-of-the-art theoretical and methodological approaches and tools.
focuses on analyses of political, economic and social actors, structures and processes in sub-Saharan Africa.
is the only research institute in Germany which deals solely with sub-Saharan Africa. ... [according to site editor's information]
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is a public not-for-profit organization devoted to advanced policy research and training. The principal objective is to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into problems pertinent to the management of economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The website provides information about AERCs programme components. ... [according to site editors' information]
The mission of ISSER at the university of Ghana is to carry out activities that would promote the socio-economic development of Ghana in particular and Africa in general. Specifically, the Institute is expected to undertake research in the social sciences, and promote human resource development.
[according to site editors' information]Some ISSER research papers are downloadable....
Le Centre d’études stratégiques de l’Afrique soutient les politiques étrangères et de sécurité des Etats Unis en renforçant les capacités stratégiques des Etats africains à identifier et résoudre les problèmes de sécurité de façon à promouvoir la coopération entre civils et militaires, le respect des valeurs démocratiques, ainsi que de sauvegarder les droits humains.
Le Centre est le principal département d’études stratégiques sur la sécurité, la recherche et la collaboration en Afrique. Le centre travaille avec les institutions et les états partenaires d’Afrique dans des programmes académiques rigoureux qui leur confèrent une excellente capacité stratégique et qui cultivent des relations de bonne collaboration à long terme. ... [selon les informations de l'éditeur du site]
The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) has been undertaking research on Africa for more than a decade. The Centre applies modern research methods to Africa's economic problems. Research is both microeconomic, with a focus on the problems facing individual producers (farms and firms) in Africa, and macroeconomic. It ranges from studies on how to make health care more cost-effective in rural Ethiopia (by spending money on drugs and equipment rather than building more clinics), to the determinants of inflation in Kenya. It has a strong focus on the constraints on investment in manufacturing, drawing upon surveys in Ghana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Côte d'Ivoire.
A number of resources are available on the site including: working papers, econometric and data discussion papers, CSAE reports,and data sets. ... [according to the site editor's information]
The Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) is part of the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town. It conducts research in the fields of labour markets, poverty and inequality. [according to site editors' informaion]
The Africa Institute is an independent, non-profit research organisation. Its focus is primarily on political, socio economic, international and development issues in contemporary Africa.
The website provides information about the institute, its research and its publications. [according to site editor's information]
Objectif de CODESRIA est de "développer des capacités et des outils scientifiques susceptibles de promouvoir la cohésion, le bien-être et le progrès des sociétés africaines. Ceci passait évidemment par l'émergence d'une communauté panafricaine de chercheurs actifs, la protection de leur liberté intellectuelle et de leur autonomie dans l'accomplissement de leur mission et l'élimination des barrières linguistiques, disciplinaires, régionales, de genre et entre les générations." ... [selon les informations de l'éditeur du site]
The Center is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit research-based and policy-oriented think tank in Accra, Ghana. It is dedicated to the promotion of democracy, good governance and the development of a liberal political and economic environment in Ghana in particular and Africa in general.
On the website you can find some of the publications of CDD online. ... [according to site editor's information]