AERC Annual Report 2015/2016
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2016
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AERC
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The year 2015/16 marks the first year of the implementation of the Strategic Plan 2015-2020. The Strategy, which was approved by the Board at its meeting in March 2015, is contextualized within the evolving African economic environment and challenges. More than 25 years since its establishment, AERC has fostered an enduring, integrated capacity building framework anchored in three pillars: research, collaborative graduate training and policy outreach. These are complemented by a vast network of institutions, researchers, resource persons, and policy makers. Today, the economic environment in Africa has greatly changed for the better, and growth is robust, resilient and generally diversified. This can be attributed to improved capacity for economic policy analysis in the continent, better policies and a new breed of policy makers, who are evidence driven. Many of these policy makers are alumni of AERC. The novel features of the current strategy are inclusive capacity building and quality enhancement, global linkages and private sector engagement, enhanced visibility and policy impact, and promoting African stakeholder-ship and long-term sustainability of AERC.