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Think tanks help shape both foreign and domestic policy. They receive funding from private donors, and members of private organizations. By 2013, the largest 21 think tanks in the US spent more than US$1 billion per year. [93] Think tanks may feel more free to propose and debate controversial ideas than people within government.
US-based Think Tanks focused on Politics and Economy Name Location Bias/Affiliation Founded Date City State Acton Institute: Grand Rapids: Michigan
The Pew Charitable Trusts is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), founded in 1948. [1] [2] [3]Pew's stated mission is to serve the public interest by "improving public policy, informing the public, and invigorating civic life". [4]
The Copenhagen Consensus Center is a US non-profit think tank based in Lowell, Massachusetts, founded and headed by Bjørn Lomborg. [2] The Center organizes the Copenhagen Consensus, a conference of economists held every four years, where potential solutions to global issues are examined and prioritized using cost-benefit analysis.
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) [a] is a non-profit American non-governmental organization whose stated mission is to "support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability". [1]
The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, [1] research institute, and public sector consulting firm.RAND Corporation engages in research and development (R&D) in a number of fields and industries.
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) [1] is a global affairs think tank, founded in 1960. Its mission is "to inspire people to act on injustice and inequality through collaborative research and ideas that matter for people and the planet." It does this through "research, convening and influencing, to lead new thinking and future agendas to ...
IRC is an international think tank that works with governments, NGOs, entrepreneurs and people around the world to find long-term solutions to the global crisis in water, sanitation and hygiene services.