How Think Tanks Shape Social Development Policies

✍ Scribed by James G. McGann (editor); Anna Viden (editor); Jillian Rafferty (editor)

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 383
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

How Thank Tanks Shape Social Development Policies examines 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 of economic and social development.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Introduction: Social Development, Think Tanks, and Policy Advice
PART I. Education
Chapter 1. Brookings Institution: The Case for Global Education
Chapter 2. CIPPEC: The Monitoring Project for the Law on Educational Funding
PART II. Infrastructure
Chapter 3. Centre for Public Policy (CPP): Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Chapter 4. Centre for Policy Research (CPR): Reforming the Urban Transit System in Delhi
PART III. Environment and Sustainable Development
Chapter 5. The Ecologic Institute and Its Influence on Policies in Germany and the EU
Chapter 6. MISTRA: Configuring Research Teams to Realize Policy Influence
Chapter 7. Gulf Research Center (GRC): Promoting Social Development in the Arab Gulf Region
PART IV. Economic Reform, Debt Crisis Management, and Economic Coordination
Chapter 8. Bruegel: Creating Your Own Luck
Chapter 9. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Shaping Development Policy in a Globalized World
Chapter 10. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS): Reshaping China’s Development Strategy
Chapter 11. Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE): Think Tanks in the Era of Globalization
Chapter 12. Korea Development Institute (KDI): Korean Service Sector Advancement
PART V. Agriculture and Land Development
Chapter 13. Fundar and Subsidios al Campo: Farm Subsidy Policy in Mexico
Chapter 14. Ethiopian Economics Association: Stories of Social and Economic Policy Influence
Chapter 15. CRESS: The Grassroots Perspective and Policymaking
PART VI. Poverty Alleviation
Chapter 16. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC): Shaping the Policy Making Process and Its Outcomes
Chapter 17. Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA): Think Tanks and Social Development Policy in Tanzania
PART VII. Social Policy
Chapter 18. Center for American Progress: Importing Social Impact Bonds
Chapter 19. Carnegie Moscow Center: Russia’s Social Development–A Continuing Story
Chapter 20. Fundação Getúlio Vargas and PRONASCI: A Study of Brazilian Think Tanks
Conclusion: Recommendations for Think Tanks and Policymakers
Index
Acknowledgments

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