7 Boulus Hanna Street, Dokki
Cairo
Egypt
- Research
The organization’s aim is to foster economic growth with equity and the effective integration of the region into the world economy. ERF also functions as a resource base for economic research on the region.
The ERF community consists of regional and international economists, development practitioners, policymakers, members of the business community and research think tanks. Its core constituency is composed of Research Fellows, Research Associates and Senior Associates.
ERF’s core objective is the creation of a strong MENA research community to encourage the production of independent and high-quality economic research of ultimate relevance to public policy in the region. ERF achieves this objective by:
Developing and coordinating research projects and securing the necessary funding.
Disseminating the results of the research by a well-defined communications strategy.
Forging links and initiating collaboration with national, regional and international think tanks, research centers, statistical agencies, and development organizations.
Housing, and regularly updating, a regional data bank and documentation library, and facilitating access to international sources of information.
Acting as a regional hub for international (GDN) and regional (MDF) networks and establishing partnership with European institutes through FEMISE.