Horn of Africa Institute

Research field

Economy, Trade & Infrastructure

How institutions, investment, finance, infrastructure, and trade shape economic capability and regional integration.

Scope

What we study

HAI studies the interaction among governments, markets, public institutions, investment, infrastructure, and technology. The research connects economic policy to administrative capability, implementation systems, distributional consequences, and the regional networks through which goods, capital, energy, and information move.

Core questions

Where the research concentrates

State capability

Public administration, regulatory quality, implementation capacity, service delivery, and institutional reform.

Public finance

Revenue, expenditure, debt, fiscal resilience, and the institutional foundations of economic policy.

Finance & investment

Banking, development finance, capital formation, investment governance, and financial inclusion.

Trade & corridors

Ports, logistics, regional integration, transport corridors, supply chains, and connectivity.

Infrastructure

Energy, digital systems, urban infrastructure, public investment, and long-term productive capability.

Economic inclusion

Employment, enterprise development, human capital, social protection, and access to opportunity.

Analytical work

What HAI produces

Institutional diagnostics, economic and fiscal assessments, investment analysis, infrastructure studies, implementation strategies, and regional scenarios.

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