Think tanks and impact investing with IDRC
Project brief IDRC and OTT coincide in the assessment that the impact investing industry in the emerging markets and, most importantly, their intended beneficiaries, would gain from the...
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Operationalising public engagement: four reflections for think tanks
In a previous article, I reflected on how citizen voice and public engagement can increase the quality of research, as well as the credibility, relevance and perception of...
Citizen voice and think tanks: a Nigerian case study
There’s a common perception that top-down development approaches have failed. And public agency is playing a bigger role in policy discussions and in politics, as Stuti...
What happens when expert and public opinion clash?
Something that has always interested me is this: should policy priorities be based on evidence promoted by policy support organisations (like think tanks) or public opinion? And what happens...
The role of citizens’ voice in think tanks’ body of evidence
The perceived failure of top-down approaches to development has put pressure on think tanks to involve the public more. Stuti Khemani’s research highlights the agency of...
Bridging the policy design and implementation gap: the role of think tanks
This session at the 6th Africa Think Tank Summit in Nairobi was led by the African OTT-TTI Fellows. You can listen to the session here. The idea behind this session...