CUTS Africa Resource Centres

Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International) has been working out of its offices in India, since 1983-84. Having implemented projects on various elements of social and economic policy issues in India, CUTS realised over time that its experience as a civil society organisation (CSO) aiming to influence public policy through research would be vital in evolving an informed civil society in other parts of the developing world as well. The organisation therefore embarked on an ambitious endeavour to establish itself in Africa, to foster greater understanding among African civil society of ways to influence policies that affected livelihoods of the African citizens. A similar approach was also adopted for Asia.

CUTS Africa Resource Centres (CUTS ARCs) were established at Lusaka in 2001, and at Nairobi in 2003 (and at Hanoi in 2007) to promote South-South cooperation on trade and development and strengthen long-term capacity of civil society representatives, media and civil servants to address equity and accountability issues.

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