Premio PODER for think tanks in Peru: the judges have a say
The Premio PODER to the think tank of the year in Peru has received applications and will be announcing a series of winners on 23rd October 2013 at a ceremony in...
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The Premio PODER to the think tank of the year in Peru has received applications and will be announcing a series of winners on 23rd October 2013 at a ceremony in...
Jonathan Tanner of WonkComms has blogged about its event on research in the digital age. The event explored if there was greater convergence between the worlds of...
. Studies about think tanks in Bolivia have suggested that they have been successful in influencing public policy, due to their strong links with political parties and social movements....
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After interviewing Fundacion ARU last May, I also got together with Osvaldo Nina, Lykke Andersen and Carolina Cardona of the Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en...
Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to La Paz, Bolivia, and interview the directors and researchers of the think tanks belonging to the Think Tank...
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Think tanks are usually in a constant search for funding, particularly those in developing countries where local sources of funding are virtually nonexistent. Thus,...
About a month ago Michael Bassey of the LSE British Politics and Policy blog wrote about the UK Cabinet Office's announcement that they were implementing a new...