IDEP’s second major programme area is research on economic development issues, which complements the training programme and responds primarily to the needs of its policy-making communities and other stakeholders. Accordingly, the research agenda for IDEP is designed to undertake supportive research that strengthens and informs its training programmes and other interface functions. Research is of three types: institutional, collaborative, and individual. 

Broad priority subject-areas from which research is undertaken include: 

• Economic Structure; 

• Policy Reform; 

• Regional Cooperation and Integration; 

• Development Planning; 

• Public Sector Reform; 

• Privatization; 

• Debt and Debt Management; 

• Macro-Economic and Sectoral Modelling; 

• Human Resource Development and Utilization.  

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT IDEP: 2003-2006  

Referred, Processed, and Completed Research Projects.

1. "Should Africa's External Debt be Re-Evaluated?'' A Preliminary Study, October 2003. By Diery Seck;

2. "An Analytical Framework for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), May 2004. By Diery Seck;

3. "An Economic Theory of Civil War in Africa", November 2004. By Diery Seck;

4. "A New Architecture for the Financing of Africa's Development", May 2006. By Diery Seck; 

5. "On the Design of a New Mechanism for Africa's External Debt", May 2006. By Diery Seck.