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The National Center for Economic Research (CIEN) is a private, nonpartisan, nonreligious nonprofit association founded in 1982. The mission of CIEN is to impel better conditions of living for the people through the technical study of economic and social problems at national and regional levels. CIEN conducts economic and social research related to foreign trade, macroeconomics, exchange rate policy, fiscal policy, public expenditure, deregulation and privatization, infrastructure, evaluation of public investment projects, financial system, environment, education, employment, health housing, social security, decentralization, poverty, violence, and corruption.

Publications

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Major Current Activities

• Study on the industrial policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Study on the quality of public expenditures
• Expenditure tracking to improve the effectiveness of public education

Newsletters And Regular Reports

Boletín Económico Mensual