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think tanks
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The need to employ such an approach is further amplified when focusing on think tanks that
emerge within developmental contexts. Poverty reduction and pro-poor policy outcomes are
contingent on how ‘developmental’ institutions are and their ability to build coalitions across
society to implement policies aimed at promoting economic growth. The potential for research
along this avenue is promising given the differences that developing contexts exhibit. And the increasing amount of attention being given to think tanks to facilitate developmental outcomes
augurs well for enabling more research to occur. Yet without recognising the centrality of
politics in establishing and driving think tanks, we will not be able to effectively conceptualise think tanks or measure their ability in achieving pro-poor outcomes. Only such an approach
will provide an adept understanding of think tanks and offer a more grounded approach to
assess their performance.