The East African Scenarios Project Research Compendium presents the output of a research process which started in February 2005 when a group of East Africans met to identify and discuss the major challenges and opportunities facing the region as it sought to consolidate and expand economic, social and ultimately political integration through the East African Community. It was clear that an understanding of the prospects for successful regional integration, and more broadly, the future welfare of East Africa's people required deeper research and reflection on the nature, status and underlying forces shaping the East African Region. This Research Compendium is a result of that research and reflection. Its ten chapters were written by East Africans from academia, policy analysis and civil society and organised into the following major themes: The People of East Africa Institutions The Regional Economy East Africa and the World