Table of contents

Foreword by - Anindya Chatterjee
Foreword by - Peter Taylor
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Introduction
Think Tank Initiative: A Bold Experiment in Strengthening Think Tanks - Andrew Hurst, Seema Bhatia-Panthaki and Samar Verma
Part II: The Journey of Think Tanks: Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development - Sultan Hafeez Rahman and Kaneta Zillur
Centre for Policy Dialogue - Fahmida Khatun
Centre for Poverty Analysis - Udan Fernando
Institute of Policy Studies - Dushni Weerakoon
Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-Nepal - Ajaya Dixit
Sustainable Development Policy Institute - Abid Q Suleri
Social Policy Development Centre - Khalida Ghaus
Part III: The Journey of Think Tanks: India
Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability - Subrat Das and Happy Pant
Centre for Policy Research - Yamini Aiyar
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies - Sanjay Kumar
Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy - Anshu Bharadwaj
Indian Institute of Dalit Studies - G. C. Pal and Sanghmitra S Acharya
National Council of Applied Economic Research - Shekhar Shah
Public Affairs Centre - Meena Nair and Gurucharan Gollerkeri
Part IV: Social Science Research and TTI: Country-Level Synthesis
Social Science Research and TTI: Bangladesh - Fahmida Khatun
Social Science Research and TTI: India - Sanghmitra S Acharya, Chandrani Dutta and G C Pal
Social Science Research and TTI: Nepal - Ajaya Dixit and Ashutosh Shukla
Social Science Research and TTI: Pakistan - Abid Q Suleri
Social Science Research and TTI: Sri Lanka - S Sirimevan Colombage and P R M P Dilrukshi Ranathunge
Part V: The Role of Think Tanks in South Asia: A Synthesis
The Role of the Think Tank Initiative in South Asia - Sukhadeo Thorat, Ajaya Dixit and Samar Verma
Part VI: Life after TTI: Challenges and the Way Forward
Life after TTI: Challenges and the Way Forward - Ajaya Dixit, Samar Verma and Sukhadeo Thorat
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