Sudan. The rapid and dramatic development in the economic, political and social life in the Sudan during the last decade has raised pressing research issues. Problems of poverty alleviation, structural adjustment, power sharing and the distribution of wealth, gender and development and the role of NGO's to mention only few constitute DSRI future research agenda.

The DSRI encourages group research and co-operates with national and international organizations in implementing its research programs as well as provides the necessary logistic support for research work of such institutions. The co-operation program capitalizes the DSRI successful research activities for the last thirty years.