The Pan-African Institute for Central Africa Development (IPD-AC) is a regional institution that was created in 1965. It belongs to the network of the International Association Panafrican Institute for Development (IPD) composed of a general secretariat with offices in Douala, Cameroon and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as five regional institutes which are:
1. Panafrican Institute for Development Central Africa Francophone (IPD-AC), established in Douala, Cameroon;
2. Panafrican Institute for Development English-speaking West Africa (PAID-WA), based in Buea, Cameroon;
3. Panafrican Institute for Development West Africa and French-speaking Sahel (IPD-AOS), established in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;
4. Panafrican Institute for Development Eastern and Southern Africa (PAID-ESA), based in Kabwe, Zambia;
5. Panafrican Institute for Development North Africa (IPD-AN), currently being created in Salé, Morocco