• Rural poverty and livelihoods

Rural poverty and livelihoods

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