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SEAPREN will undertake the following activities in the next two years:

Research: Regional and International Trade

The aim of this research theme is to facilitate the provision of critical and timely analysis of international trade relations which are evolving in East and Southern Africa in the increasingly complex international economic environment.

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Poverty and Poverty Alleviation
The aim of this research theme is to address specific questions regarding the problem of poverty in the East and Southern Region given the tendency of poverty indicators to increase over time despite the countries in the region instituting economic reforms and adopting poverty reducing programmes.

Governance
Within this theme, the transformation required by East and Southern African state apparatuses in order enable them to play the role of a facilitator and an enabler of economic growth will be investigated, and the types of institutions required and the level of collaboration needed to create a conducive environment for economic growth will be identified.

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Economic Growth and Industry

Research in this area will concentrate on national and regional policies that could enhance the competitive strengths with regards to industrialization. Typical questions would be the scope for transnational industrial clustering, measures to avoid beggar thy neighbour policies, pooling efforts for investment and trade promotion, inter regional competition policies, industrial restructuring, and the role of IT and e-commerce.

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Capacity Building:

The key objectives of capacity building under SEAPREN would be to promote sharing of best practices in institutional governance; provide a forum for experience sharing by equipping researchers with the necessary skills of professional networking; and promoting excellence in research by facilitating the dissemination of up-to-date analytical and empirical research methods.

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Connectivity:
Connectity is at the heart of the network. SEAPREN members are all connected with e-mail and web facilities. SEAPREN plans to use the net to its maximum for inter institute communication and research. The aim of the connectivity exercise is to ensure that member institutions of SEAPREN are well connected between themselves and with similar institutions in the region and other areas of the world.

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Institute Management

Activities in this area aim at facilitating the exchange of best practices in areas of: project management; overall economic management, financing and resource mobilization; personnel management, including performance pay systems etc; filing and institutional memory systems; information systems, library, web and others; internal information flows; and publication and dissemination. This is based on the demonstrated similarity of management problems that face the individual member institutions and the diverse methods that have been used to handle them.

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	SEAPREN will undertake the following activities in the next two years:
	Research: Regional and International Trade The aim of this research theme is to facilitate the provision of critical and timely analysis of international trade relations which are evolving in East and Southern Africa in the increasingly complex international economic environment.
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	Poverty and Poverty Alleviation The aim of this research theme is to address specific questions regarding the problem of poverty in the East and Southern Region given the tendency of poverty indicators to increase over time despite the countries in the region instituting economic reforms and adopting poverty reducing programmes.
	Governance Within this theme, the transformation required by East and Southern African state apparatuses in order enable them to play the role of a facilitator and an enabler of economic growth will be investigated, and the types of institutions required and the level of collaboration needed to create a conducive environment for economic growth will be identified.
Top	Economic Growth and Industry Research in this area will concentrate on national and regional policies that could enhance the competitive strengths with regards to industrialization. Typical questions would be the scope for transnational industrial clustering, measures to avoid beggar thy neighbour policies, pooling efforts for investment and trade promotion, inter regional competition policies, industrial restructuring, and the role of IT and e-commerce.
Top	Capacity Building: The key objectives of capacity building under SEAPREN would be to promote sharing of best practices in institutional governance; provide a forum for experience sharing by equipping researchers with the necessary skills of professional networking; and promoting excellence in research by facilitating the dissemination of up-to-date analytical and empirical research methods.
Top	Connectivity: Connectity is at the heart of the network. SEAPREN members are all connected with e-mail and web facilities. SEAPREN plans to use the net to its maximum for inter institute communication and research. The aim of the connectivity exercise is to ensure that member institutions of SEAPREN are well connected between themselves and with similar institutions in the region and other areas of the world.
Top	Institute Management Activities in this area aim at facilitating the exchange of best practices in areas of: project management; overall economic management, financing and resource mobilization; personnel management, including performance pay systems etc; filing and institutional memory systems; information systems, library, web and others; internal information flows; and publication and dissemination. This is based on the demonstrated similarity of management problems that face the individual member institutions and the diverse methods that have been used to handle them.
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