Leading a think tank is not an easy task. Usually, these leaders need to make key decisions that involve a huge diversity of issues: from budgetary choices, to communicational ones; from organizational engineering to staff issues. Moreover, they have to…
On 31 Jul, 2013 By Enrique Mendizabal
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Two months ago, a group of UK based think tank communicators organised an event on the future of think tank communications. In response, GRADE and On Think Tanks are organising the first of several events on a similar topic. The…
On 5 Jul, 2013 By Tomás Garzón de la Roza
With Comments Off on Is evidence enough to underpin policy? Horizontal policy-making in Chile
However different policy processes might be around the world, including evidence in them seems generally desirable. The question is whether more is always better, or in other words, whether technically sound policy is a sufficient condition for continued development. Chile…
Many developing countries are politically polarized. This is certainly the case in Latin America. Many of these countries are about to face electoral milestones (e.g. Paraguay 2013, El Salvador 2014, and Venezuela 2013 after former President Chavez’s death), where polarization is…