foraus global: The Tinder for foreign policy enthusiasts
Is foreign policy sexy? If one would ask this question in a survey in Switzerland, the vast majority would most probably answer with a clear “No”. The response...
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First Dialogue between African and Spanish think tanks
On 14th December 2016, Casa Africa hosted a dialogue between African and Spanish think tanks. The meeting, which followed from a similar gathering in 2015 of European and...
North-South Collaboration: Eight tips for working with local think tanks
The UK government is spending increasing amounts on aid (£11.7 billion in 2014). In 2015, it passed a bill that enshrined in law its commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of...
Jessica Espey on helping think tanks engage in international policy debates
This blog responds to that posted by Andrea Ordónez regarding challenges that southern think tanks face when engaging in international policy debates,...
Five challenges think tanks face to influence international policy
Think tanks in the global south have accumulated relevant experience and knowledge that could be significant for the international debates on such diverse issues as...
Latin American networking for think tanks: a decade in meetings
The program “Spaces for Engagement: using knowledge to improve public decisions” (SFE) is a joint initiative between GDNet and CIPPEC, that encompasses six...
The Post-2015 debate: relevant trends for think tanks
The Southern Voice Initiative, which seeks to link southern think tanks with the global development debate, is based on the idea that strengthening this relationship...
An alternative to funding domestic think tanks: bring out the big guns
I often write that we have to stop funding foreign researchers to helicopter over developing countries to undertake what can only, at its best, be mediocre (and irrelevant...
Should think tanks be looking into the global development agenda?
Last month took place the 2012 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). Within an extensive agenda of topics, the Program...
Post-MDGs (2015): How southern think tanks can take the initiative
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are one of the “UN ideas that have changed the world.” The state of actual delivery on MDG promises, however, remains a...
Foreign policy think tanks in developing countries
During the last couple of months we have been compiling a list of think tanks dedicated to foreign policy in developing nations. The idea behind this project was to get a better sense of the...
Think tanks in Latin America
More than 40 representatives of Latin American think tanks met in Lima between the 11-12th August to share new research and experiences. The event was sponsored by the EBPDN, the Think...
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