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Communications Overview
Activities under this heading are aimed at facilitating
the impact of AERC research and training products on
economic policy making in Africa. AERC uses print, electronic
and event-based communication and dissemination techniques
to:
- Convey the products of AERC research and training
to key target audiences.
- Raise the profile of AERC and the visibility of
Consortium activities.
- Link members of the economics profession on the
continent with each other, with the Secretariat and
with the array of information available around the
world.
- Ensure enhanced internal communications systems
as a platform for outreach.
Outreach activities include events such as regional
level Senior Policy Seminars, National Policy
Workshops, a web-linked information service, and
a variety of publications. The AERC website provides
information about the Consortium, makes research and
other publications available electronically, and also
provides an online discussion forum.
Publications include:
- Research News - semi-annual newsletter focused on
programmatic and related research topics
- AERC Newsletter - semi-annual newsletter featuring
news of broader interest
- AERC Research Papers - peer-reviewed, revised and
edited results of AERC thematic research
- Executive Summaries - short, user-friendly synopses
(in English and French) of the Research Papers, tailored
for busy policy makers who need to keep abreast of
economic research
- AERC Special Papers - commissioned studies on topics
of broad interest to the network
- Working Papers - internally initiated by the AERC
secretariat on a wide range of topics
- Book-length volumes - own or joint ventures to publish
collected results of collaborative research projects
A total of 162 Research Papers, most with their Executive
Summaries, and 42 Special Papers have been published
to date. At any given time there are 30-50 Research
Papers and other publications in various stages of production.
Senior policy seminars provide a forum for the discussion
of policy-oriented syntheses of AERC research and for
obtaining feedback from policy makers on the AERC research
agenda. There have been six such seminars to date.
National economic policy workshops are also very useful
tools for promoting policy dialogues. In some of the
countries these have become annual national events and
are largely self-financed.
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