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Lemma W. Senbet, Preface, Journal of African Economies, Volume 24, Issue suppl_1, January 2015, Pages i1–i2, https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eju030
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The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)'s mission is to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into the problems facing economies in sub-Saharan Africa, and to promote evidence-based policy making on the continent. In furtherance of this mission, AERC holds two Research Workshops every year, one in June and the other in December. The workshops have a dual purpose: a peer review mechanism and a mechanism for external monitoring. Under this rigorous environment, which has endured for over 25 years, African economists present their competitively selected research in various stages of development and receive constructive criticisms voiced by their peers. The peer review is monitored and moderated by a group of carefully selected resource persons drawn from within and outside the region, who provide expert advice and mentor the researchers.
Each research workshop begins with a one day plenary conference, devoted to addressing issues of contemporary policy interest to Africa. Plenary sessions bring together researchers and policy makers from across the continent and beyond. Three to four papers are commissioned to experienced and leading economists in a given thematic focus area, drawn from around the globe, who produce state-of-the-art papers to be presented during the plenary.
