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The Asia-Pacific Policy Center (APPC), incorporated in the Philippines on August 24, 2001, is a non-stock, non-profit research and training organization committed to advancing the understanding of policy and investment options for poverty reduction and rural development in Asia and the Pacific. It is dedicated to building domestic capacity in the analysis of local, national, and international issues impinging on poverty rural development in developing countries of the region. The birth of the Asia-Pacific Policy Center was motivated by a desire to find an institution that would maintain the Agricultural Policy Simulation Model (APSM). The APSM is a multi-market simulation model that has the capability to assess a large number of policy scenarios and present quick answers to a large variety of “what-if“ questions¹. The APSM proved to be a very potent tool for advocating policy reforms in the agricultural sector. Before the creation of APPC, updating the APSM depended on the availability of projects related to agricultural policy analysis. Recognizing that no group of experts could extend the same unwavering dedication to the model as the modelers themselves, the APPC was then formed. ¹ It was developed by a team of experts who are, if not members of APPC's Board of Trustees, are closely connected with the Center.
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