Strategies to tackle the future: the case of youth unemployment
Think tanks face enormous policy challenges. Few are as complex as youth unemployment. I was invited to speak at the 5th African Think Tank Summit in Accra, Ghana to...
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Looking back at the 2018 OTT Conference
The 2018 OTT Conference was an opportunity to bring together thinktankers, think tank scholars, policy entrepreneurs and think tank funders from around the world to share experiences, present...
Is it all about credibility?
Over the years, the OTT team has become very familiar with the many dilemmas that think tanks face. I remember a lengthy conversation about independence with research institutes in...
Rethinking the business model: the case of Espacio Público
When asked, think tanks all over the world identify funding as one of their biggest concerns. In some parts of the developing world, think tanks have been witness to the...
Political and economic transition in Vietnam and its impact on think tank traditions
Abstract This paper discusses how changes in the political and economic context in Vietnam during the reform era have influenced the nature of the country’s think...
La transición política y económica en Vietnam y su impacto en el rol de los think tanks
Oportunidades para que los think tanks aporten en la discusión de políticas públicas Los think tanks (definidos ampliamente como centros de investigación dedicados...
Political and economic transition in Vietnam and its impact on think tank traditions
Identifying opportunities for think tankers to engage with policy Think tanks (defined broadly as sites of knowledge production and policy engagement) can and have...
Russian think tanks and soft power
A new study on think tanks in Russia and how they are used to promote the country's (or, most appropriately, the leader's) interests abroad sheds a light onto an important function of think...
12 questions from thinktankers in 2017
During 2017, On Think Tanks delivered a series of initiatives and projects that involved mentoring. The Fellowship Programme, a project to support the Latin American network of think tanks,...
MOOC on communicating evidence
Project brief OTT Consulting supported USAID through a short consultancy to produce a MOOC for the National Public Administration School on communicating evidence from evaluations. The...
Communications strategy for the Peruvian Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS)
Project brief OTT Consulting is supporting MIDIS through a short consultancy to develop a new strategy for the knowledge it generated through consultancy, monitoring and...
Latin American Evidence Week: 10 emerging lessons
The 2017 Latin American Evidence Week (Semana de la Evidencia), promoted by On Think Tanks and a growing number of organisations across the region, delivered another great opportunity to...