CIDE is a center for research and higher education that specializes in social sciences in accordance with international quality standards, and is publicly funded. CIDE’s principal objective is to contribute to the country’s development by offering rigorous and relevant knowledge, as well as developing a new generation of leaders that are capable of performing in a creative and responsible manner, in an open and competitive world.

The creation and transmission of knowledge are the Center’s main pillars of  support. Their commitment to a better and more solid understanding of important economic, political and social issues of their times, demands that we open up to the rest of the world.  CIDE’s quest to find intellectual progress is global.  In its role as a public institution within a country that faces endless challenges and shortages, CIDE also counts with a community that is deeply rooted in its commitment to the problems and trials that Mexico continues to face.