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Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR), London School of Economics
An interdisciplinary research centre at the London School of Economics, focussing on the organisational and institutional settings for risk management and regulatory practices.
Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), University of East Anglia
A leading centre for research in the economics and law of competition policy, at the University of East Anglia. The CCP undertakes research into competition and regulation and publishes a newsletter regularly.
Centre for Management under Regulation (CMuR), Warwick Business School
CMuR is a partnership between the WBS and a consortium of corporate supporters, and undertakes independent research on the effect of regulation on the management and operations of regulated organisations.
Centre for Regulatory Studies (CRS) University of Glasgow
An inter-disciplinary centre at the University of Glasgow, including members from the Faculties of Law and Financial Studies and Social Sciences, as well as colleagues from other universities, which focuses on research into the inter-related economic, political and legal aspects of regulation.
Centre for the Study of Regulated Industries (CRI), School of Management at the University of Bath
The CRI is an interdisciplinary research centre, at the University of Bath School of Management, investigating how regulation and competition are working in practice, both in the UK and abroad. It aims to produce authoritative, practical contributions to regulatory policy and debate, which are put into the public domain.
Regulation Initiative, London Business School
Located within the Department of Economics at the London Business School, the RI conducts research intended to inform and influence future policy for the regulation of industries.
Research on Regulation, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge
Researchers at the Dept. of Applied Economics have been studying regulation and the energy utilities since 1989, with support from the Economic and Social Research Council.
Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS), India
CUTS works in several areas of public interest at the grassroots, national, sub-continental and international levels, in five programmatic centres and three resource centres in India, Zambia, Kenya and UK.
Competition Policy Center, University of California, Berkeley
The aim of the Competition Policy Center, at the University of California, Berkeley, is to bridge the gap between academic analysis and policy formation.
The Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) People's Republic of China
The Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) is a policy research and consulting institution directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Its main function is to undertake research on the overall, comprehensive, strategic and long-term issues in the national economic and social development and provide policy suggestions and consulting advice.
European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS)
The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) is a research and policy think tank, based in Brussels, that analyses political, economic and security relations between the European Union and Asia.
Institute of Industrial Economics (IDEI), Toulouse, France
The Institut d'Economie Industrielle (IDEI) is a research center in economics, founded in 1990, and contributes to the research of the University of Toulouse -I.
Institute for the Study of International Aspects of Competition, University of Rhode Island
The Institute for the Study of International Aspects of Competition (ISIAC), is a research centre affiliated with the University of Rhode Island concerned with industrial organization and international economics.
International Network for Economic Research
A private, non-profit network of and for economists, aimed at stimulating scientific discourse between international economists from different institutions and fields of research.
The Politics of Regulation Network
A network of disciplinary and interdisciplinary exchange in which members can discuss the new features of governance through regulation, their new challenges for maintaining public interest, and the existing varieties the regulatory world.
Public Utility Research Center
PURC strives to enhance executives', regulators', academics', and students' knowledge of issues confronting public utilities and regulatory agencies by sponsoring conferences, seminars, and training programs, by engaging in research, and by preparing students for careers in infrastructure industries.
Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University
A network of university-wide regulatory researchers, coordinated through the Research School of Social Sciences in the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Australian National University in Canberra.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Business
The College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in the United States, offers undergraduate, masters and doctoral programmes in accountancy, business and finance.
Werner Baer, CRC Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
African Development Bank
The African Development Bank is a regional and multilateral institution, established in 1964, which provides financing for development and which aims at mobilising resources for the economic and social progress of its regional Member States. It is headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but has been temporarily relocated in Tunis, Tunisia, since February 2003. It includes 53 regional Member States and 24 non-regional Member States.
Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank is a multilateral development finance institution with an interest in reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. It is owned by 63 members, mostly from the region, and is headquartered in Manila, The Philippines.
British Council
The British Council serves to promote a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom abroad, to promote the knowledge of the English language, and to develop closer cultural relations between the United Kingdom and other countries.
British Council, China
The British Council in China connects people with learning opportunities and creative ideas from the UK and aims to build lasting relationships between the UK and China.
Commonwealth Secretariat
The Commonwealth is an association of 53 countries. Its 1.8 billion citizens are drawn from the broadest range of faiths, races, cultures and traditions. Members range from vast countries like Canada to small island states like Malta. The Commonwealth is active in a number of areas including development; democracy; debt management and trade. It is committed to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and pursues these through Programmes implemented by its Divisions.
Department for International Development (DFID), UK
The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty.
Development Studies Association (DSA)
The Development Studies Association (DSA) works to connect and promote the development research community in UK and Ireland.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was established in 1991 to support ex-soviet countries to nurture a new private sector in a democratic environment. Today the EBRD uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 27 countries from central Europe to central Asia.
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a family of democratic European countries, committed to working together for peace and prosperity. Its Member States have set up common institutions to which they delegate some of their sovereignty so that decisions on specific matters of joint interest can be made democratically at European level.
Foreign Investment Advisory Service
As a joint service of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank, FIAS assists client countries to identify essential attributes of a potentially sound investment environment and assists them to attract foreign investment.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), UK
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is a branch of the UK government with nearly 16,000 staff, based in the UK and an overseas network of over 200 diplomatic offices.
Global Development Network
GDN is a global network of research and policy institutes working together to address the problems of national and regional development. GDN:
Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank is an international financial institution created in 1959 to help accelerate the economic and social development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
IDRC is a Canadian public corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
SIDA, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, is a government agency that reports to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy, and aims to help shape current policy debates and thinking on development, with an effort to ensure that domestic policies and international action are mutually supportive in bringing about sustainable development.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
World Bank
The "World Bank" is a specialized agency of the United Nations which provides low-interest loans, interest-free credit, and grants to developing countries.
ID21
ID21 communicates international development research to policy makers and practitioners worldwide. It is enabled by the UK Government Department for International Development and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, at the University of Sussex, UK.
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Telecommunications Regulators' Association of Southern Africa (TRASA)
TRASA was inaugurated in 1997 when telecommunications regulators in Southern Africa met in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and decided to establish their association. The members of TRASA are telecommunications regulatory organisations in Southern Africa, which have been established separately from operators and government ministries.
Centre for Chinese Studies
Chinese Studies is the first new academic discipline to be established in the University since the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST in October 2004. Chinese Studies at Manchester is taught by a diverse team of internationally recognised academic specialists in the field, supported by state-of-the-art resources in the John Rylands University Library and University Language Centre.
Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition
CRIC was created by the ESRC in 1997 to form a centre of excellence, in Manchester, to contribute to the fundamental understanding of the complex issues that underline and link together innovation and competitiveness.
The Environment at Manchester (TEAM)
TEAM (The Environment at Manchester) provides a single portal to help signpost The University of Manchester's wide spectrum of environment related-research expertise and postgraduate teaching. Its aim is to present a unifying profile of the University, matching the University's research and postgraduate training capacity with the environmental and sustainable development needs of the wider community; this includes commercial, public and NGO sectors in local, regional, national, international and global settings.
Impact Assessment Research Centre, University of Manchester
The IARC aims to promote better understanding of the likely or actual economic, social and environmental impacts of policy and project interventions, and thereby contribute to more effective evidence-based decision-making at policy, programme and project levels.
Institute for Development Policy and Management School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester
The Institute for Development Policy and Management, established in 1958, is the UK's largest University-based International Development Studies department, with over seventy Manchester-based professional, administrative and associated staff.
The University of Manchester
Bannock Consulting
Bannock Consulting works to strengthen institutions in both the private and public sectors, enabling them to serve their clients more efficiently. It also has expertise on the policies, which lie at the intersection between the public and private sectors in areas such as regulation and de-regulation.
Jacobs & Associates
Jacobs and Associates specialises in regulatory reform and assesses, designs, and helps to implement the rules and institutions that influence how well markets operate.
SBP South Africa
The Small Business Project (SBP) is a South African, independent, private sector, specialist support and research unit engaged in small business development. It is a registered not-for-profit Company. It is funded by donor agencies, such as The Department for International Development (United Kingdom), the Ford Foundation (United States of America), and a growing number of South African corporate partners.