I have also been concerned by the fact that the up-front costs of setting up think tanks in developing countries seem to be rather high. And donors are not always willing to take risks with young researchers or small organisations. As a consequence, most funds go to the same few organisations and the popular names. This reduces the space for debate and limits the marketplace or community of ideas.

How to get around the ‘usual suspects’ problem in policy research – On Think Tanks sketches out the ‘think net’…

Advertisement