• KIPPRA came second in Africa in the ranking after South-Africa based African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes.
• World-wide, Brookings Institution in the US and Japan Institute of International Affairs emerged as the best institutions.
The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) has been named as the second-best think tank in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The report produced by the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania put African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes based in South Africa, as the top think tank institution.
The report titled Global Go-To Think Tank Index Report 2020 combines an annual document meant to raise the profile and performance of think tanks, as well as the role they play in public awareness.
Acknowledging the international recognition, KIPPRA Executive Director, Rose Ngugi, thanked the board and staff for the exemplary work they continue to do to achieve the Institute’s mandate.
“We are very proud of this recognition and we remain committed to our vision: an international centre of excellence in public policy research and analysis,” Ngugi said.
Among the categories that contributed to KIPPRA’s favourable ranking include: Think tanks with the best impact on public policy, think tanks with outstanding policy-oriented research programmes, best think tank conference, think tank with the best external relations/public engagement, best government-affiliated and best use of social media and networks.
Other Kenyan think tanks that made it to the top ten are: The Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya headed by Kwame Owino and African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (Kenya).
There is a total of 679 think tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa but only 92 were ranked in the report.
The leading think tanks in the report are Brookings Institution in the US and Japan Institute of International Affairs.