A few months ago I reported on an event I helped organise in Lima on think tanks. It was hosted by CIES and co-organised by GDNet, the Think Tank Initiative, CIPPEC, Grupo FARO and the EBPDN. Micaela Pesantes has shared the event’s report with me (and I share it with you: in English, this time).
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