The Institute of Social Sciences is dedicated to a systematic and scholarly study of contemporary social, political and economic issues from an inter-disciplinary perspective. The Institute makes its research findings and recommendations available to national and state governments, policy makers, UN organisations, international donor agencies, civil society organisations and workers’ unions so as to help them to make their decisions based on sound evidence. The Institute seeks to integrate academic rigour with the struggle for change; hence the motto of the organisation is “Integrating Research with Action”.