{"id":461218,"date":"2018-02-03T22:02:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T22:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/03\/imani-voted-ghanas-1st-and-africas-3rd-most-influential-think-tank-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2018-02-03T22:02:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T22:02:24","slug":"imani-voted-ghanas-1st-and-africas-3rd-most-influential-think-tank-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/03\/imani-voted-ghanas-1st-and-africas-3rd-most-influential-think-tank-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"IMANI voted Ghana\u2019s 1st and Africa\u2019s 3rd most influential Think Tank in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  3 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/30467661.295.jpg\" alt=\"Franklin Cudjoe1\" title=\"Franklin Cudjoe1\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Franklin Cudjoe is founding President and CEO of IMANI Center for Policy and Education<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517695344_538_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> IMANI Africa has been ranked the third best think tank in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017 among several other accolades by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP), University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, the TTCSP developed and launched a global index of think tanks called Global Go To Think Tank Index, which serves as a framework for publishing the Global Go To Think Tank Index Reports annually.<\/p>\n<p>The Index and Reports are designed to identify and recognize centers of excellence in all the major areas of public policy research and in every region of the world.<\/p>\n<p>It is the result of an international survey of over 1,950 scholars, public and private donors, policymakers, and journalists who helped rank over 6,500 think tanks using a set of 18 criteria.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings have in the past been co-launched with the Foreign Policy Magazine, the United Nations University, other top-rated Universities and think tanks.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 90 think tanks ranked across the sub-region in the 2017 Report, IMANI came third whilst occupying the first position in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Also, IMANI featured in 11 Ranking Categories, details of which are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Top Think Tank in the World (Non- US) Position: 72 out of 142 globally<\/p>\n<p>Top Think Tank in the World (US and Non-US) Position: 111 out 173 globally<\/p>\n<p>Top Think Tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa Position: 3 out of 90 across Sub-Saharan Africa<\/p>\n<p>Top Domestic Economic Policy Think Tanks Position: 59 out of 140 globally<\/p>\n<p>Top Education Policy Think Tanks Position: 57 out 61 globally<\/p>\n<p>Best Think Tank Network Position: 68 out 85 globally<\/p>\n<p>Best Use of Social Media and Networks Position: 51 out of 84 globally<\/p>\n<p>Think Tank to Watch in 2018 Position: 17 out of 105 globally<\/p>\n<p>Think Tanks with the Best Use of the Internet Position: 38 out of 60 globally<\/p>\n<p>Think Tanks with the Most Significant Impact on Public Policy Position: 36 out 60 globally<\/p>\n<p>Top Think Tanks with Annual Operating Budgets of Less Than $5 Million USD Position: 8 out of 48 globally<\/p>\n<p>With far less than $5M USD annual operating budget, IMANI employs a variety of tools including research, advocacy, media, events and internet technology to challenge and influence public policies in ways that positively impact the larger populace.<\/p>\n<p>In the last four years of the index, 2014-2017, IMANI has missed the first position on the sub-Saharan African ranking to South African, Kenyan, Senegalese and Batswana think tanks.<\/p>\n<p>This is how IMANI fared on the Sub-Saharan list in the last four years- 2014- (2nd), 2015- (2nd), 2016- (4th), 2017- (3rd). 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