Based on papers presented at a conference held in Bonn, 1999 to laun ch the Global Development Network.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: PART I -- The GDN and knowledge for development 1 -- 1 The genesis of the GDN 3 -- ERIK JOHNSON AND DIANE STONE -- 2 Scan globally, reinvent locally: knowledge infrastructure an d the localisation of knowledge 24 -- JOSEPH STIGLITZ -- 3 The instrume ntalisation of development knowledge 44 -- KNUT G. NUSTAD AND OLE J. SE NDING --PART II -- Civil society engagement 63 -- 4 Think tanks in inde pendent Belarus: catalysts for social transformation 65 -- OLEG MANAEV -- 5 New partnerships in research: activists and think tanks.An illustr ation from the NCAER in New Delhi 87 -- RATNA M. SUDARSHAN -- 6 Buildin g productive partnerships for the promotion of reform: the APOYO Instit ute in Peru 104 -- GABRIEL ORTIZ DE ZEVALLOS AND ALEJANDRO SALAS --PART III -- Reform and reconstruction 123 -- 7 The challenges of interventi on for Cambodian think tanks 125 -- KAO KIM HOURN -- 8 Post-communist t hink tanks: making and faking influence 142 -- IVAN KRASTEV -- 9 Influe ncing government policy making 162 -- SIMON JAMES -- PART IV -- Knowled ge across borders 181 -- 10 Southeast Asian research institutes and reg ional cooperation 183 -- HELEN E.S. NESADURAI AND DIANE STONE -- 11 Glo balisation, think tanks and policy transfer 203 -- STELLA LADI -- 12 Th ink tanks and the ecology of policy inquiry 221 -- EVERT LINDQUIST -- C onclusion 239 -- 13 Knowledge, power and policy 241 -- DIANE STONE.