Projects

ECOREC has implemented a large number of projects funded by international/national organizations and academia.
  • National and subnational assessment for competition policy to improve economic growth and the business environment of local markets: Saudi Arabia (funded by World Bank)
  • Technical support to EU assistance for Uzbekistan Agri-Food Development Strategy 2020-2030 Agriculture Support and Knowledge (ASK) facility (funded by the EU)
  • Contributed to an ECO-RCCFS and FAO Project: 2022 Overview of Food Security in the Countries of Economic Cooperation Organization (funded by FAO)
  • Technical support to ECO-RCC/FAO on FNS Assessment and Program Development and Contribution to an Issue FAO Report on LDCs in Asia and the Pacific in relation to the Istanbul Plan of Action (in preparation for and as a contribution to The 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed countries, 2022) (funded by FAO)
  • An assessment report entitled gCOVID-19 and Food Systems: A regional review of macro-economic and food systems impacts and policy responses for Asia and the Pacifich (funded by FAO-RAP)
  • Technical support to the ECO-RCC/FAO in preparing gRegional Food Security Program of the ECO Regionh and gOverview of Food Security in the ECO Region 2020h (funded by FAO)
  • Technical support to the report gGood governance for ensuring food security and nutrition in the OIC Member Countriesh (funded by Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation)
  • An assessment of the scope of food and nutrition security policy, governance and information system in Azerbaijan (funded by FAO)
  • Serving in the Scientific Advisory Board of the EU Horizon 2020 Project (2016-2020) gShaping Social Innovation for Marginalized Rural Areas (SIMRA)h (funded by the EU)
  • Carrying out EU Framework Program Evaluation (FP6 and FP7) for Turkeyfs participation in EU Horizon 2020 program (funded by the EU)
  • Strengthening the National Food Security Information Systems in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan (funded by FAO)
  • Support to strengthening of the food security information system in Azerbaijan (funded by FAO)
  • Ex-post evaluation of the Seventh Framework Program in Turkey (funded by the EU)
  • An assessment of the national food security information system in Tajikistan (funded by FAO)
  • Support to strengthening of the food security information system in the Kyrgyz Republic (funded by FAO)
  • Tailor-made training on research methodology and project cycle (funded by NUFFIC)
  • Population, reproductive health and economic development in Rwanda (funded by NOW-WOTRO)
  • Rural regional economic regeneration strategies in Afghanistan (funded by UNDP)
  • Assessment of household coping strategies against drought in Kenya (funded by CORDAID)
  • Macro-accounting for policy analysis in Angola (funded by the World Bank)
  • Capacity building in applied statistics in National University of Rwanda (funded by NUFFIC)
  • Capacity building in linking national accounts to monetary and financial models - Central America (funded by NUFFIC)
  • Assessment of proposals - ACP science and technology call for proposals (funded by EuropeAid)
  • European Commission food security thematic program (funded by EuropeAid)
  • State of food insecurity (funded by FAO)
  • Mid-term review of implementation of World Food Summit plan of action (funded by FAO)
  • Food security network: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia & Kyrgyz Republic (funded by the EU)
  • Rural poverty assessment and mapping in Lebanon (funded by IFAD)
  • Rural poverty assessment in the Caucasus countries (funded by IFAD)
  • Agricultural-rural regeneration and development in Afghanistan (funded by UNDP)
  • ICT use in agricultural R&D organizations (funded by FAO)
  • WTO, agriculture and developing countries: Ethiopia (funded by FAO)
  • Consequences of the GATT 1994 Agreement for Ethiopia (funded by FAO)
  • Linkages between agriculture and health (funded by DFID)
  • Linkages between agriculture and malaria (funded by SIMA and CGIAR)
  • Agricultural development and malaria in Azerbaijan (funded by WHO)
  • Impact of land use and agricultural practices on malaria burden in Mvomero - Tanzania (funded by IDRC)
  • Agricultural innovation systems in Central Asia and the Caucasus (funded by World Bank and CGIAR)
  • Adjustment, agricultural marketing, environment in Ghana (funded by USAID)
  • Human resource development: Burkino Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Togo (funded by SADAOC and DGIS)
  • Land use and land cover change (funded by IIASA)
  • Land fragmentation and consolidation in India (funded by Indira Gandhi Institute, Yale Growth Center, SOW-VU)
  • Impact of climate change on Nigeria (funded by FAO)
  • Perspective planning in Nigeria (funded by UNDP)
  • Agro-ecological conditions in Africa (funded by African Economic Research Consortium)
  • Testing the stationarity of the var-covar matrix of total returns for various currencies (funded by IMF)
  • Portfolio performance of the SDR and reserve currencies (funded by IMF)
  • How sensitive are ARCH effects on returns to the selection of the sample period? (funded by IMF)
  • Turkey in the European Union (funded by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality)
  • Future of European agriculture (funded by Netherlands CBP, LEI and SOW-VU)