Think tank business models: The business of academia and politics
In the first of two blog postings, I broadly map out the chief operational urgencies that think tanks/policy research institutes encounter in their efforts to shape...
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How to break through the glass ceiling: supporting a new generation of think tanks and thinktankers
In this post, part of a series based on interviews and visits in Kenya, I share two possible ways for international funders to support the emergence of new thinktankers...
A new idea: do not fund think tanks
Here is an idea for think tank funders: do not fund them. I've been thinking of this for some time. As more and more funds are being channeled to think tanks in developing (and many least...
Too little knowledge is a dangerous thing
Too little knowledge is a dangerous thing: This blog by Shanta Devarajan, WB Chief Economist for Africa, might not be directly relevant to the issue of think tanks but is of great relevance...
on the definition of think tanks
I have yet to be able to get through a presentation or debate about think tanks without the issue of their definition getting in the way of what would have otherwise been a thoroughly...