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International Development Think Tanks
Friday, 09 July 2010 16:12
The rankings for the top international development think tanks below and the top think tanks in sub-Saharan Africa on this site are taken from the Think Tank Index (temporarily off-line) published in Foreign Policy magazine (January/February 2009; see full report) by Dr James McGann (contact details below*).
| Think Tank | |
| Brookings Institution (Media) | 1 |
| Overseas Development Institute (Media) | 2 |
| Council on Foreign Relations (Media) | 3 |
| Rand Corporation (Media) | 4 |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Media) | 5 |
Top think tanks in sub-Saharan Africa
More top think tanks... (temporarily off-line)
*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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