Research Projects

Research Theme I: Democratic Development

• Norms and standards of electoral processes
• Poverty alleviation and developmental democracy
• The role of civil society
• State capacity: Institutional variables in regional integration and policy effectiveness

Research Theme II: Politics, defence and security cooperation

• Promotion of regional coordination and cooperation on security and defence matters
• Collective security, mutual defence and enforcement action
• Development of peacekeeping capacity

Research Theme III: Regional trade and its relations to the international trade system

• Analysis of national trade policies
• Links between trade policy and poverty

Research Theme IV: Economic harmonization, finance and investment

• Macro-economic convergence in the SADC region
• SADC integration efforts and cross-border investments
• Financial integration for investment in the SADC region

Monitoring

• Monitoring the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• Monitoring the International Cooperating Partners (ICPs)