CRECE recognizes that policy and program analysis is key to strengthening institutional capacities to manage objectives and promote social development. For this reason, it has supported public and private entities in the identification of their policy alternatives and institutional arrangements to guide their decision making, as well as in the evaluation of programs and projects aimed at improving the conditions of specific population groups. CRECE is distinguished by its long experience and knowledge at the local, regional and national levels, its multidisciplinary approach and the offer of a scientifically sound analysis of social phenomena. The products and services of this research area include socioeconomic diagnoses and characterizations; baselines of programs and projects; monitoring and evaluation of social, economic, environmental and cultural interventions; institutional design and evaluation; evaluations of processes, results or impacts; systematization and dissemination of experiences; and support to institutions in the construction and development of theories of change. The most recurrent themes in the line of social and institutional development include social protection; quality of life and poverty; subjective wellbeing; gender and youth; food and nutritional security; institutional development; social organization; and citizen participation.

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