A Zambian think tank start-up: a possible model
This is the second in a series of blog posts on Zambia that I plan to write about this week. Think tank start-ups follow a number of different paths. Zambia offers a couple of...
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Zambia is the place to be for new ideas on think tanks
This week I want to write about think tanks in Zambia where very interesting new developments are taking place. This first post introduces a new and promising think tank...
Sandra Polonia Rios on Brazilian funding models
As I wrote in my previous post, my first job in the development industry (or should I say public policy industry?) was in CIPPEC (Argentina) raising funds from individuals. Our team had...
Carnival Month: Dancing like Brazilian think tanks
I have always had a special interest in Brazil and its people. I really admire their spirit and particular way of seeing the world and celebrating life with their carnaval. I was lucky to...
Advice to Think Tank Startup: do not do it alone
Recently I was in touch with a former colleague who is setting up a think tank after successful service in government. He said that the idea behind his new think tank was “to do public...
Politics, money, and think tanks: is it really a game changer?
During the last couple of weeks political commentators in the US have written about the appointment of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to head the Heritage Foundation. J.H....
Can Consultancies Sustain a Long-Term Research Strategy in Developing Countries?
The mushrooming of consultancy firms and NGOs drawing on a large number of social scientists amounts to an internal brain drain, which is no less problematic than...
New trends for Chinese Think Tanks
China has had a long tradition of think tanks serving as policy researchers and governmental advisors. Currently, according to Xufeng Zhu, Director of the Centre of Chinese Policy Science,...
“What the heck is a think tank, anyway?” asks an intern
Think tanks always seemed like rather mysterious entities to me. I imagined them as places, over there in the Capital, where men with big brains and suits cooked up...
The think tank hub: a new model for supporting think tanks
I would like to propose a new model for funding and supporting new think tanks in developing countries: the think tank hub. In developing this model I have been inspired...
What is in your think tank’s DNA?
A post by Nancy Birsdall on Fred Bergsten stepping down as head of the Peterson Institute for International Economics (and an email by Lawrence MacDonald) has drawn my attention to an...
Is the idea of think tanks devalued? Tevy Troy thinks so
I am not so sure. As in most things, the idea is not necessarily the reality. Think tanks are a good idea but they are limited by a great deal of factors. The policy and...