Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement

The CREAD (Research Center for Applied Economics for Development) has been a public scientific and technological institution (EPST) since 2003 (Executive Decree No. 03-455 of 1 December 2003 amending and supplementing Decree No. 85-307 of 17 December 1985 establishing the Center for Research in Applied Economics for Development), under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS) and intersectoral.Since CREAD’s inception, its research activities have focused on development economics, the social and labor economy, the economics of education, the economics of natural resources and the environment, and the economy of the center and its organization, the agro-economy and the rural economy, the international economy and foreign trade, etc. All these research concerns have always been themes that CREAD researchers have been working on through research projects and expertise studies.