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FRAMES: Framework for Modelling Economies & Sustainability

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A scalable framework for country-level economic assessment, with low minimum data requirements

Data availability constraints don't have to be a boundary to effective policy design.

Built on the foundations of E3ME — Cambridge Econometrics' globally recognised macroeconomic model — FRAMES brings the same rigorous economy-energy-environment analysis to countries where data availability has traditionally been a barrier. 

FRAMES is an advanced input-output tool that can be deployed quickly and configured to the specific economic conditions of individual countries. This gives policymakers and governments credible, evidence-based insights at national and sectoral level without the extensive data requirements of other models used for analysing economy-energy-environment interactions.

Whether you're designing tax reform, assessing green investment or evaluating a major policy shift, FRAMES gives you the analytical foundation to make decisions with confidence.

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Key benefits of FRAMES

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Reflects real-world dynamics.

Economic, energy and environmental impacts don't happen in isolation. FRAMES models all three together, so you can understand how a policy ripples across the whole system — not just one part of it. 

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Good policy needs to consider impacts across society, not just in aggregate.

FRAMES breaks down effects across key economic agents (e.g. firms, households, and government) so you can see how a policy's consequences are distributed and design interventions that are both effective and equitable.

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Built around a single-country economy.

FRAMES is tailored to the specific structure of a country’s economy, using the country’s own national accounts data. The results aren't generic, they're grounded economic reality. 

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Shows how impacts evolve over time rather than a single snapshot.

FRAMES produces year-by-year projections giving decision-makers a clear view of how the effects of a policy develop, and when they are likely to be felt.

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Head of Global Economic & Social Policy