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1 online resource (xi, 370 pages) |
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EBL-Schweitzer |
| Contents |
Brookings Institution: the case for global education / Rebecca Winthrop -- CIPPEC: the monitoring project for the law on education funding / Florencia Mazzadra, Vanessa Weyrauch, María Belén Sánchez -- Centre for Public Policy (CPP): Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore / Rajeev Gowda, Ashwin Mahesh, Sridhar Pabbisetty -- Centre for Policy Research (CPR): reforming the urban transit system in Delhi / Partha Mukhopadhyay -- The Ecologic Institute and its influence on policies in Germany and the EU / R. Andreas Kraemer -- MISTRA: configuring research teams to realize policy influence / Mcebisi Ndletyana -- Gulf Research Centre: promoting social development in the Arab Gulf region / Christian Koch -- Bruegel: creating your own luck / Matt Dann -- Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): shaping development policy in a globalized world / Maria Monica Wihardja -- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS): reshaping China's development strategy / He Fan -- Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE): think tanks in the era of globalization / Marek Dabrowski -- Korea Development Institute (KDI): Korean service sector advancement / Oh-Seok Hyun -- Fundar and Subsidios al Campo: farm subsidy policy in Mexico / Miguel Pulido and Fransisco Cravioto -- Ethiopian Economics Association: stories of social and economic policy interest / Assefya Adamassie -- The grassroots perspective and policymaking / Wang Xiaoyi -- African Economic Research Consortium (AERC): shaping the policymaking process and its outcomes / William Lyakurwa -- Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA): think tanks and social development policy in Tanzania / Samuel Wangwe -- Center for American Progress: importing social impact bonds / Jitinder Kohli and Kristina Costa -- Carnegie Moscow Center: Russia's social development, a continuing story / Dmitri Trenin -- Fundação Getúlio Vargas and PRONASCI: a study of Brazilian think tanks / Celso Castro, Elena Lazarou, and Marco Aurelio Ruediger -- Conclusion: recommendations for think tanks and policy makers |
| Summary |
"Across the globe, there are more than four thousand policy institutes, or think tanks, that research or advocate for economic and social development. Yet the relationship between these organizations and the policies they influence is not well understood. How Think Tanks Shape Social Development Policiesexamines case studies drawn from a range of political and economic systems worldwide to provide a detailed understanding of how think tanks can have an impact on issues such as education policy, infrastructure, environment and sustainable development, economic reform, poverty alleviation, agricultural and land development, and social policy. Each chapter provides an overview of the approaches and organizational structures of specific think tanks, as well as the political, economic, and social opportunities and the challenges of the environments in which they operate. The contributors study the stages of innovative think-tank-aided strategies implemented in highly industrialized world powers like the United States and Russia, emerging countries such as China, India, Brazil, and South Korea, and developing nations that include Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Accompanied by an extensive introduction to contextualize the history and theory of policy institutes, this comprehensive comparison of policy success stories will be instructive and transferable to other think tanks around the globe. Contributors:Assefa Admassie, Celso Castro, Kristina Costa, Francisco Cravioto, Marek Dabrowski, Matt Dann, He Fan, Rajeev Gowda, Oh-Seok Hyun, Christian Koch, Jitinder Kohli, R. Andreas Kraemer, Elena Lazarou, William Lyakurwa, Ashwin Mahesh, Florencia Mezzadra, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Mcebisi Ndletyana, Sridhar Pabbisetty, Miguel Pulido, Marco Aurelio Ruediger, María Belén Sánchez, Dmitri Trenin, Samuel Wangwe, Vanesa Weyrauch, Maria Monica Wihardja, Rebecca Winthrop, Wang Xiaoyi."--Publisher description |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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Research institutes -- Case studies
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Social planning -- Research -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Social policy -- Research -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Policy sciences -- Research -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Economy.
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Policy sciences -- Research
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Research institutes
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Social policy -- Research
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Thinktank
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Nichtstaatliche Organisation
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Einfluss
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Sozialpolitik
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Entwicklungspolitik
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Electronic book
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| Author |
McGann, James G., editor.
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Viden, Anna, editor.
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Rafferty, Jillian, editor
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| ISBN |
0812209621 |
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9780812209624 |
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