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As one of UNESCO's five specialised Sectors, our mission is to advance knowledge, standards and intellectual cooperation in order to facilitate social transformations conducive to the universal values of justice, freedom and human dignity.

The MOST Programme's primary purpose is to transfer relevant Social Sciences research findings and data to decision-makers and other stakeholders.

The EDGE Institute is an economic policy center in Johannesburg that does research to promote sustainable growth, development and distributional equity.

Southern African Regional Poverty Network's (SARPN) areas of focus: Social Dimensions Programme, Economic Dimensions Programme, Political Dimensions Programme

TIPS is an independent non-profit research institution that is committed to assist government and civil society make informed policy choices, specifically in the areas of trade, industrial and regulation policy.

The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) is an independent policy research and advocacy organisation.

The ISS is a regional research institute operating across sub-Saharan Africa.

The Foundation's mission is to enable institutions to expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people.

The Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) is an interdisciplinary research centre based at the University of Cape Town.

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy research organisation, established in 1983.

Our work aims at being practical and technically competent, but not academic. This entails examining the circumstances that make policy effective in South African realities, rather than simply transplanting experiences from other countries.

APAC's staff including academic economists, policy researchers, and information technologists -is committed to providing you with timely research, analysis, and communication as issues emerge

WISER has five, related, flagship research programmes, each of which encompasses a series of discrete but interlinked research projects.

Founded in 1976 and now in its thirtieth year, the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA) is an independent, non-partisan research organisation specialising in national security, foreign policy, and defense planning issues.

The BER focuses primarily on the SA macro-economy and selected economic sectors. For over 55 years, it has been monitoring economic trends and identifying and analyzing the forces, both local and international that affect South African business.

APPAM is dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education.

The Centre for Policy Studies is an independent policy research institution that produces original and thought-provoking research on South Africa's, and the rest of Africa's policies, governance and democratisation challenges.

The School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is a multi-disciplinary research and post-graduate teaching institution that offers course-work or dissertation master's degrees in development studies and population studies.

South Consulting was formed in 1998, as a partnership between colleagues who had been actively involved in the Non-Governmental sector in Africa.

The Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) conducts research directed at improving the well-being of South Africa's poor.

AISA is an independent research organisation and think-tank, focussing on Africa in its research, publications and resource library.

The Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD) is a professionally autonomous Centre established in 1993 on the initiative of the mass democratic movement in order to start developing education policy for a democratic South Africa.

The Sustainability Institute is an international living and learning centre located outside the South African university town of Stellenbosch.

The Public Policy Unit is part of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Government.

The Institute for Global Dialogue is an independent South African non-governmental organisation broadly concerned with key issues in international affairs, and how these affect South Africa, southern Africa, and Africa as a whole.

The Institute of Development Studies is a leading global organisation for research, teaching and communications on international development.

To promote scientific research into health systems in South Africa with the principle objective of designing and planning programmes and evaluations thereof towards restructuring of the health system and the development of a comprehensive National Health System based on equity HST Trust Deed, 1992

The Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) is a non-profit organisation that promotes debate and knowledge sharing on poverty reduction processes and experiences in Southern Africa.

Idasa is an independent public interest organisation committed to promoting sustainable democracy based on active citizenship, democratic institutions, and social justice.

Inspired by the courageous opposition to apartheid of its patron-in-chief and guided by liberal democratic principles, The Helen Suzman Foundation works to safeguard and strengthen South Africa’s new democracy.

The mission of the Financial and Fiscal Commission is to act as an independent and impartial statutory institution and, therein, to fulfill its Constitutional obligation to give advice and make recommendations to Parliament, provincial legislatures, and other relevant authorities or organs of state, on matters affecting intergovernmental fiscal relations.

ISSER's mission is to carry out activities that would promote the socio-economic development of Ghana in particular and Africa in general.

The functions of the Institute, as stated in the NISER act of 1990, are to provide consultancy services to the Federal and State Governments, their agencies and organisations, in the field of economic and social development; ...

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.

The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the European Union.

CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community.

The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is the nation's only nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to strengthen the capacity of state legislators to lead and achieve progressive change. (American)

Demos is the think-tank for everyday democracy. We believe everyone should be able to make personal choices in their daily lives that contribute to the common good. Our aim is to put this democratic idea into practice by working with organisations in ways that make them more effective and legitimate.

The Economic Policy Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan think-tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns.

Gold Mercury International is an independent think-tank and award organisation founded in 1961.

The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, is a public policy research center devoted to advanced study of politics, economics, and political economy-both domestic and foreign-as well as international affairs.

The Social Science Research Council brings necessary knowledge to public issues.

The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) has been undertaking research on Africa for more than a decade, and has become one of the largest concentrations of academic economists and social scientists working on Africa outside the continent itself.

The Institute for Public Policy Research is the UK’s leading progressive think tank, producing cutting edge research and innovative policy ideas for a just, democratic and sustainable world.

ODI is Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

The International Collaboration on Complex Interventions (ICCI) is a project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on the theory, methods, ethics and economics of interventions to promote health at a population level.

The International Collaboration on Complex Interventions (ICCI) is a project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on the theory, methods, ethics and economics of interventions to promote health at a population level.

The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) was established in 1984 to conduct policy research and disseminate results to the public and private sectors.