BIDS jumps 14 spots in Asian think-tank survey

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), the country's premier think tank, ranked 15th in a survey of 40 Asian think tanks, up 14 spots from the previous year.
The think tank came in 29th in the previous edition of the survey, conducted on an annual basis by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme (TTSCP) of the University of Pennsylvania.
It is the country's only think tank, out of 35, to have managed a spot in the global ranking.

Lowy Institute of Australia secured the top slot, followed by Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Centre for Strategic Studies of New Zealand. The rating list, however, excludes China, India, Japan and South Korea, all of which have been put in a separate category.
BIDS also made it to the 98th position on the list of top 150 think tanks in the worldwide category. Brookings Institution of the US, Chatham House of the UK and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace of the US, took the top three spots.
This global think tank index is the result of an international survey of over 1,950 scholars, public and private donors, policy makers and journalists, who helped rank more than 6,500 think tanks using a set of 18 criteria developed by the TTCSP.
The purpose of the rankings is to help improve the profile and performance of think tanks while highlighting the important work they do for governments and civil societies around the world.