Institutions with financial and/or technical association with the Institute
- African Capacity Building Foundation; Harare, Zimbabwe
- African Development Bank; Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- African Economic Research Consortium; Nairobi, Kenya
- Global Development Network (GDN); Washington DC, USA
- World Bank; Washington DC, USA
HESPI partners with formal MoUs signed
- The Somali Regional State of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, October, 2019; Jigjiga, Ethiopia
- Ministry of Planning, International Cooperation and Economic Development of Puntland – Septembre, 2019 ; Somalia
- Jigjiga University – August, 2019; Jigjiga, Ethiopia
- Puntland Development & Research Centre (PDRC) – September, 2019
- The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) – November, 2016
- African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) – November, 2016
- ASAL Group; Mogadishu, Somalia – September, 2015
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariat – May 2015; Djibouti
- Ebony Center for Strategic Studies – March 2015; Juba, South Sudan
- The Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) – October 2014; Kigali, Rwanda
- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) – November 2013; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Uganda Management Institute – February 2009; Kampala, Uganda
Partners with cooperation arrangements in place
- Republic of Djibouti
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Republic of Kenya
- Federal Government of Somalia
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Office of the Facilitator for Somalia Peace and National Reconciliation