Banking on knowledge : the genesis of the Global Development Network / edited by Diane Stone.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The GDN and knowledge for development. The genesis of the GDN / Erik Johnson, Diane Stone -- Scan globally, reinvent locally : knowledge infrastructure and the localisation of knowledge / Joseph Stiglitz -- The instrumentalisation of development knowledge / Knut G. Nustad, Ole J. Sendung -- Part II. Civil society engagement. Think tanks in independent Belarus : catalysts for social transformation / Oleg Manaev -- New partnerships in research : activists and think tanks. An illustration from the NCAER in New Delhi / Ratna M. Sudarshan -- Building productive partnerships for the promotion of reform : the APOYO Institute in Peru / Gabriel Ortiz de Zevallos, Alejandro Salas -- Part III. Reform and reconstruction. The challenges of intervention for Cambodian think tanks / Kao Kim Hourn -- Post-communist think tanks : making and faking influence / Ivan Krastev -- Influencing government policy making / Simon James -- Part IV. Knowledge across borders. Southeast Asian research institutes and regional cooperation / Helen E. S. Nesadurai, Diane Stone -- Globalisation, think tanks and policy transfer / Stella Ladi -- Think tanks and the ecology of policy inquiry / Evert Lindquist -- Conclusion. Knowledge, power and policy / Diane Stone.