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    Policy Commons - Global Think Tanks

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    The world's most comprehensive policy database, with over 17 million reporFrom the largest in Australia to the smallest in Zimbabwe, every year IGOs, NGOs, nonprofits, and think tanks around the world publish tens of thousands of items. Global Think Tanks finds and preserves grey literature from every continent, including voices from the Global South, small organizations missed by conventional search engines, and content recovered from groups that no longer exist.ts from 41,000 think tanks, agencies, governments, and cities—and tools to supercharge your research.

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    Publisher
    Coherent Digital, LLC
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    Health and Life Sciences
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    English
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    WCAG 2.1 AA Compliant
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    Hybrid: One-Time Purchase plus content updates for 5 years
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