Cdp Africa

The Center for Development Policy (CDP) is a pan-African non-profit and non-partisan think that exists to contribute to the development of African countries by impacting development policies and programs through provision of evidence-based policy solutions, capacity strengthening and promotion of brain gain of African talents. CDP prioritizes endogenous development solutions. We promote local endogenous innovations that have demonstrated credible evidences in affecting development in Africa, by working with local partners to study, document and sharing their best-practices. CDP Vision We seek to impact development through improved policy analysis and capacity strengthening We exist to impact development through: Evidence-Based policy solutions Capacity strengthening Promotion of Brain Gain initiatives We conduct policy-oriented research and capacity strengthening for African policy actors and implementers to facilitate rational policy decisions. We promote policy and economic analysis to contribute to policy decisions and program interventions. CDP interventions are demand-driven informed by policy demand from government institutions and other organizations, in the sense that CDP works closely with these organizations to help and work with them directly to address development challenges. We do this by engaging policy makers and other development actors on a continuous basis in order to identify and prioritize the development issues that need evidence. Our niche is based on the value of participative and consultative solutions informed by evidences and fully owned by the client.