It has been argued that “think tanks exist to bring fresh ideas to bear in policymaking and politics”. This, for sure, is what most of their mission statements say. But think tanks exist for other reasons too. A look at think tanks in the rest of the world sheds some light into this eclectic family of organisations....(read more)...
The 2008 G8 Summit in Toyako, Japan will be particularly significant because there are big issues on the international development agenda that require firm G8 commitments to be made in 2008; and yet the risk of not delivering on these agendas has never been higher....(read...