African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP)

Institut Africain de Développement Economique et de Planification, B.P. 3186 CP 18524 Dakar, Senegal

Phone : + 221 338231020 / Fax : + 221 338222964

Web site : www.unidep.org/

The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) is a Pan-African Institution created in 1962 by the General Assembly of the United Nations. IDEP is a subsidiary body of the ECA and, over the years, has maintained a close working relationship with its parent organization. Newly independent African countries felt the urgent need to build-up domestic human capital as a necessity for sustaining independence and promoting socio-economic development. IDEP was then given the mandate to train policy makers and development professionals, to provide advisory services for African governments and regional organisations, to promote original thinking and research on Africa’s policy issues, to become a centre of excellence with full intellectual freedom that will lead the debate on African development issues and uphold the economic independence of African countries.