Features Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) Grant Recipient, Uganda "This funding will enable us to attain greater heights in enhancing our organizational performance, generating new knowledge, influencing policy and strengthening our outreach services." First Think Tank Initiative Learning Event 2009-03-01 Strengthening organizational learning and performance of policy research institutions through monitoring and evaluation. Making Research Matter in South Asia 2010-01-29 A report on four round tables held in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka on the state of policy research in the social sciences in south Asia. The time is now for a bottom-up poverty plan 2010-01-29 John Githongo and Jaime Drummond discuss the benefits of a citizen-led strategy to achieve sustainable development.

The Think Tank Initiative is a multi-donor program dedicated to strengthening independent policy research institutions – or “think tanks” – in developing countries, enabling them to better provide sound research that both informs and influences policy.

The Initiative will focus its activities in East and West Africa, South Asia, and Latin America.

Initial funding for the Think Tank Initiative has been provided by:
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

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