The number of think tanks in Asia has grown over the last decade and many have become prominent.

The 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report records 1,676 think tanks in Asia as of December 2017, almost as many as the 1,872 in the United States, and gaining on the 2,045 that have set up in Europe. The report says there are about 8,000 think tanks globally.

James McGann, the creator and editor of the report and director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, credited the growth of think tanks to Asia’s economic progress, a better business environment, and policy makers’ need for advice on critical issues.

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James McGann is senior lecturer of international studies at the Lauder Institute and director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the creator and editor of the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index.

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