Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - CODESRIA Ranked as One of the Top 25 Think Tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa

i have always thought of codesria as "the leading" think tank in the
whole of africa. i should probably read the full report to see which
eight think tanks in africa are considered better than codesria.

steve

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Abdul Bangura <theai@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Indeed, the great work of Mwalimu Adebayo Olukoshi, Mwalimu Ebrima Sall and
> the many other wonderful CODESRIA Family Members is paying off. Much
> Respect!
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> We are pleased to inform you that CODESRIA has been ranked as one of the top
> 25 Think Tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2010 by the Global Think Tanks
> Index. The exercise, conducted annually by the Think Tank and Civil
> Societies Program (International Relations Program) of the University of
> Pennsylvania, is a rating of the leading public policy research
> organizations in the world.
>
>
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> The 2010 Global "Go To Think Tank" Rankings marks the fourth edition of what
> has now become an annual report. For the year's ranking, 6,480 Think Tanks
> in various parts of the world were contacted and encouraged to participate
> in the year's nominations process. A panel of over 250 experts from around
> the world, across the political spectrum and from every discipline and
> sector, were assembled to help nominate and select public policy research
> centres of excellence that they felt should be recognized for producing
> rigorous and relevant research, publications and programs in one or more
> substantive areas of research.
>
>
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> At the end of the exercise, CODESRIA ranked as one of the 25 topmost Think
> Tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa, taking the 9th position.
>
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> The objectivity and value of this kind of ranking is, as we know, debatable;
> but it still gives an idea of how CODESRIA is perceived, particularly with
> regard to the policy relevance of our work. It is therefore with pleasure
> that we note that CODESRIA is ranked among the top ten Think Tanks in
> Sub-Saharan Africa. The 2010 index seems to have covered quite a few
> institutions that were not in the 2009 Index, although there are still some
> other important research institutions and Think Tanks in Africa that are not
> covered.
>
>
>
> CODESRIA, like Timbuktu, was not built in one day. Nor was it built by a
> small number of people working in a small secretariat in Dakar. It took the
> African social science community, and the many friends of Africa located in
> various parts of the world, many years of work to bring CODESRIA to where it
> is today. We would therefore like to express our sincere thanks to all of
> you, and congratulate you and ourselves. We know how much work there still
> is, and how much improvement is needed. We also know that the best is yet to
> come, if we can reaffirm our commitment to Africa and CODESRIA, and redouble
> our efforts to take the social sciences in Africa to higher levels of
> quality, relevance and engagement with the local, regional and global issues
> that our continent and people are confronted with.
>
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>
> Thank you!
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>
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