Why Think Tanks Matter_TTSCP event, Worlbank, Washington DC

Wednesday 27 January 2016 12:30 – 14:00 (EST), the World Bank, Washington DC

 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Launch

1. Introduction, Overview and Highlights: the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index by James McGann, Director (TTCSP)
2. Why Think Tanks Matter and Make a Difference in Washington

Chair, Marcelo Giugale, Senior Adviser to the Vice President of our Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) Global Practice Cluster, World Bank (United States)

Panelists

Gountiéni D. Lankoandé, Director of Research, GRAAD (Burkina Faso)

Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies (United Kingdom)

Julia Pomares, Director, CIPPEC (Argentina)

Jos Verbeek, Adviser in the Office of the President’s Special Envoy on the MDGs/SDGs and Financial Development, World Bank (United States)

3. Concluding Remarks: James McGann

The Program at the World Bank will focus on the role of think tanks play in the field of Development and specifically in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

For more information, please refer to the TORs (note de l’évènement)