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Author: Julia Sun

The 2019 "Global Think Tank Index Report" of Pennsylvania State University in the United States announced the top think tanks in the field of international development in the world. Among them, the British Institute for Development Studies (IDS), the American Brookings Institution (Brookings) and the German Development Institute (DIE) ranked first. Ranked among the top three. Five Chinese think tanks, including the Development Research Center of the State Council, have entered the top 100 global international development think tanks.

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In the world of think tanks in the field of international development, the most widely accepted list maker is the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report compiled by the Pennsylvania State University Think Tank Research Project (TTCSP). According to its 2019 report, among the world's top think tanks conducting international development research, the British Institute for Development Studies (IDS), the American Brookings Institution (Brookings) and the German Development Institute (DIE) are among the top three.

The "Global Think Tank Index Report" ranks think tanks in the field of international development, mainly think tanks that conduct research and strategic analysis on agriculture, growth, poverty, inequality, humanitarian and other development issues faced by the international community. The report is based on three phases of investigation and evaluation. The team first updates and validates the global think tank database and determines the scope of the study. Secondly, institutions and individuals in the think tank database are invited to provide suggestions on the think tank nomination, selection process and expert panel candidates. Subsequently, approximately 20,000 nominating representatives composed of global think tanks, donor agencies, policymakers and media were invited to nominate top think tanks in various fields, and the nominating representatives were rated. Finally, a panel of experts will review the scoring results and announce the final results and rankings.

The Korea Development Institute (KDI) won the honor of a newly established global think tank of excellence in international development in 2019. The top ten think tanks on the list are mainly American and European think tanks, with two other think tanks from Japan and Brazil shortlisted. Seven Chinese think tanks have been shortlisted for this year’s list of the world’s top international development think tanks. Among them, the Development Research Center of the State Council ranked 12th and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ranked 29th, both rising one place from last year. In addition, the Chongyang Institute of Financial Studies of Renmin University of China, the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, the China Academy of Macroeconomics, the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the China (Hainan) Reform and Development Institute ranked 70th, 92nd, and 92nd respectively on the list. 103, 116 and 131 bits. 

2019 Top International Development Policy Think Tank

An introduction to Penn’s Global Think Tank Index Report

The Global Think Tank Index Report was founded in 2006 by Professor James G. McGann of Pennsylvania State University and released annually. It tracks the changing trends of global think tanks in key areas and promotes the role of think tanks in high-quality policy research. effect. The ranking of the world's top think tanks in the "Global Think Tank Index Report" has exerted great influence on a global scale.

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