Our key areas

Trade and investment

Issues surrounding international trade and investment loom large for most countries. TheCIE has extensive experience at analysing barriers to trade and investment in multilateral, bilateral and unilateral settings. A feature of this work is the quantification of benefits and costs. more >

Climate change

Is it happening, what does it mean, how should governments and business respond? Do we abate or do we adapt? What are the best tools to do so? TheCIE has been a significant player in climate change debates. more >

Water

A core area of TheCIE’s work and expertise is delivering leading economic analysis — using state of the art techniques — while balancing objectives of practicality and feasibility. We have two broad streams of water work. more >

International policy

TheCIE has worked in over 40 developing countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Pacific, advising on economic policy and institutional development across a diverse range of subjects. more >

Commodities

The emergence of China and India as economic powerhouses has reshaped thinking about the global demand for commodities. TheCIE has a long history of commodity price analysis. more >

Funds management

Australia has the fourth biggest funds management industry in the world with almost all funds held in diversified portfolios. Increasingly, these funds are exposed to international and exchange rate drivers. more >

Transport and infrastructure

Efficient transport and infrastructure is important for good outcomes for any economy. The linkages between transport and infrastructure and their economic effects. more >

Research and development

TheCIE has been extensively involved in the research and development industry through work with the statutory and industry owned Rural Research and Development Corporations, CSIRO, ANSTO, and ACIAR to name a few. more >

The environment

Environmental management and protection is now at the forefront of policy debates — presenting all sectors of the economy with opportunities and challenges. How can we incorporate the environment into rational decision making? more >

Education

International education, the business of moving people across borders to provide them with education services is a dynamic and rapidly growing industry. The CIE has been involved in a variety of analyses of international education issues. more >

Government programs and policies

Good policy is essential for good outcomes. But how do you assess ‘good’ policy? TheCIE has conducted numerous evaluations of government policies using a variety of quantitative and other techniques. more >

Competition policy

TheCIE’s experience with competition policy is extensive. It wrote the guidelines for NCP legislation reviews for the NCC, has taught courses on competition policy. more >

Natural Resource Management

As Australia moves forward, the management of our natural resources will increasingly play a crucial role in achieving best economic and environmental outcomes. Natural resource management (NRM) is intricately linked to issues of economic growth, structural adjustment and environmental health. more >

Agriculture

TheCIE routinely builds models that allow analysis and forecasting of how agricultural commodity markets respond to global demand, international shifts in policy, and emerging threats and opportunities. more >

Regional impact analysis

TheCIE regularly builds and uses models to measure and test assumptions about economic behaviour and as a basis for providing sound policy advice. TheCIE has developed an in-house general equilibrium model of the Australian economy, which is updated and redesigned for a range of consulting assignments. more >

Regional models

Understanding the complex relationships of changes that impact on regional economies requires the use of a sophisticated framework. more >