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AIM Rizalino S. Navarro Policy Center for Competitiveness
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Established in 1996, the Asian Institute of Management-Rizalino S. Navarro Policy Center for Competitiveness (AIM-RSN PCC) serves as the Institute's public policy think tank and research arm.

Formerly known as the AIM Policy Center, the AIM-RSN PCC is tasked with responding to emerging domestic and international economic trends, including the demands of an increasingly integrated and competitive global trade and finance environment. Since its inception, it has fulfilled its mandate by producing cutting-edge policy and academic research, providing technical assistance to multilateral organizations and stakeholders from the public and private sectors, and hosting evidence-based policy discussions to support the long-term growth and development of the Philippines and the Asian region.

Although the Center remains engaged in various forms of development, policy, and economic research, its renaming in 2015 prompted a shift in focus toward building national competitiveness and promoting shared prosperity.

The Center gives special attention to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which are important sources of growth and employment. AIM-RSN PCC spotlights SME competitiveness; linkages among themselves and with large enterprises; their participation in local, regional, and global value chains; and how competition and competition policy affect them.

Dr. Jamil Paolo S. Francisco currently leads the Center as its executive director.

To access studies from AIM-RSN PCC in SERP-P, click here.