Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The Global think tank programme in association with Pennsylvania University and the Foreign Policy Magazine ranked IMANI, the 5th most influential think tank in Africa for 2010. We were ranked 6th last year. See last year’s ranking at http://imanighana.org/?q=node/50
Top 25 Think Tanks in Southern Africa (including sub-Saharan Africa) in 2010
1. South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), South Africa
2. Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Senegal
3. African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), South Africa
4. Free Market Foundation, South Africa
5. IMANI Center for Policy and Education, Ghana
6. Centre for Conflict Resolution, South Africa
7. Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda
8. Institute for Security Studies (ISS), South Africa
9. Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Kenya
10. Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Uganda
11. Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa
12. Centre for Development Studies – Ghana
13. Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) – Nigeria
14. Africa Institute of South Africa – South Africa
15. Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA) – Ghana
16. Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) Ethiopia
17. South African Institute of Race Relations – South Africa
18. Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) Nigeria
19. Centre d`études, de documentation et de recherché économique et sociale (CEDRES) Burkina Faso
20. Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) Tanzania
21. Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) – South Africa
22. African Technology Policy Studies Network, Tanzania Chapter (ATPS-Tanzania) Tanzania
23. Centre for Research and Technology Development (RESTECH Centre) Kenya
24. Ghana Centre for Democratic Development – Ghana
25. Institute of Economic Affairs – Kenya (IEA-Kenya) Kenya
For a complete list of the top think tanks in other regions of the world please visit
http://www.ony.unu.edu/2009%20global%20go%20to%20think%20tank%20report.pdf