Africa Research and Resource Forum

The African Research and Resource Forum (ARRF) is a non-governmental, non-partisan, not-for-profit international organization, which was established in 2002 as a research, data resource, reflection and policy debate institution devoted to the resolution of the most difficult governance and development issues confronting policy-makers and societies in Eastern and Horn of Africa. 

Most research into Africa's development  process has so far focused on an economic dimension with the emphasis and success indicators placed on sustained and stable growth of national product and consumption per head. Economic change has been at the center of policy research.  Not surprisingly, major economic research institutions have ignored cultural, political and social issues even though economic activity and economic management without exception affect and are affected by people living in a society.