Katrina Amina Ronis.
Health think tanks in Pakistan and the policy-making process.
Pak J Public Health Jan ;2(2):47-51.

This article examines literature, which exposes the complexities of think tanks. There are many definitions and categories of think tanks from developed and developing countries. From a policy perspective, some scholars argue that think tanks need to move beyond producing policy outputs, and instead they need to understand the policy-making process in a local context, to enhance their involvement with the process. In Pakistan, despite the oscillation between military and civilian rule, there are more than a dozen think tanks. The country\'s first stakeholder \'health\' think tank, Pakistan\'s Health Policy Forum was inaugurated in 2005 by a local non-government organisation, Heartfile. The literature suggests that think tanks do not fit into one rigid category, but sometimes fit into several. The rationale for a think tank\'s existence and the environment in which it belongs has an impact on its capacity to influence the policy-making process.

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