CREAD (Research Center for Applied Economics for Development)

Overview

CREAD was created in December 1985 (Decree No. 85-307 of December, 17^th 1985 on the establishment of the Center for Research in Applied Economics for Development). CREAD’s headquarters were previously located at Ben Aknoun, Rachid Khalef Road (Algiers), and in 1989, the CREAD moved to a new headquarters (current headquarters) located inside- the walls of Algiers University. in Bouzaréah, Djamel Eddine El Afghani Street (Algiers).

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. CREAD designs and conducts research projects with socio-economic partners and national and international scientific institutions. It designs and conducts occasional surveys of samples of populations, institutions, and professionals in the economy, to collect data and statistical information on all economic and socio-economic phenomena. CREAD also performs studies and research on behalf of institutions, public or private, national or foreign based on internal and external expertise.