African Think Tanks

Friday, 09 July 2010 16:14

Written by World and Media

**Top sub-Saharan African Think Tanks**
Think Tank	Country	Rank
Think Tank	Country	2008	2007
Centre for Conflict Resolution (Media)	S Africa	1
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)	S Africa	2
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)	S Africa	3	top 5
Free Market Foundation	S Africa	4
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)	Senegal	5
IMANI Center for Policy and Education	Ghana	6
Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD)	S Africa	7
Africa Institute of South Africa	S Africa	8	top 5
African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)	S Africa	9
Centre for Development Studies	Ghana	10
Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA)	Ghana	11
Initiative for Public Policy Analysis	Nigeria	12
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA)	S Africa	13
Inter Region Economic Network (IREN)	Kenya	14
Kenya Institute for Public Policy	Kenya	15	top 5
Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)	Nigeria	16
Centre for Policy Studies	S Africa	17
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation	S Africa	18
Centre for Development and Enterprise	S Africa	19
Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA)	S Africa	20
Institute for Statistical, Social, and Economic Research	Ghana	21	top 5
Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC)	Ghana	22
South African Institute of Race Relations	S Africa	23
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development	Ghana	24
Institute for Policy Alternatives	Ghana	25
Institute of Economic Affairs	Ghana	25
Economic and Social Research Foundation	Tanzania	-	top 5

The 2008 rankings are taken from the Think Tank Index (temporarily off-line) published in Foreign Policy magazine (January/February 2009; see full report).

The 2007 rankings are taken from research published in 2007 by the same author, Dr James McGann (contact details below*), for the Foreign Policy Research Institute^s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program which he directs.

*Contact:
James G. McGann, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
International Relations Program
Director
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
University of Pennsylvania
635 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304
Main Office: 215 898-0452
Direct Line: 215 746-2928
Mobile: 215 206-1799
Email: jmcgann@sas.upenn.edu

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