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• - Network of people involved in action and research in urban areas, on issues such as social exclusion, community-led environmental schemes, and social housing.
  
• - An independent pro-market public policy think tank since 1984.
  
• - INP is a network of policy institutes around the world defending property rights, the rule of law, free markets and free speech.
  
• - The IEA is the UK's original free-market think-tank, founded in 1955.
  
• - The ICPD conducts research projects on a wide range of issues concerning global security, conversion of resources from military to civilian purposes, food security, employment, economic development, and the environment.
  
• - Focuses on European and other international issues.
  
• - A US-based nonprofit organization committed to international education in academic research, professional training and technical assistance.
  
• - The Institute for American Values, founded in 1987, is a private, nonpartisan organization devoted to contributing intellectually to the renewal of marriage and family life and the sources of competence, character, and citizenship.
  
• - The first online think-tank for the independent critical analysis of global and local society, to promote human rights, justice and peace.
  
• - The mission of the Peru based institute is to assist developing and former Soviet nations in the transition to a modern market economy that actually gives those who have been locked out of the system a stake in the economy.
  
• - A nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide information and analysis that increase social and economic justice throughout the world.
  
• - Committed to promoting self-government. Projects include facilitating conflict prevention discussion, producing op-ed's, and publication. Located in Oakland, CA.
  
• - Think tank and charity dedicated to solving economic, social, education, technology, and governance issues.
  
• - Iowa PIRG is a nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to preserving the environment, protecting consumers and holding government accountable to the public interest. Located in Des Moines, Iowa.
  
• - A non-partisan, non-profit public policy research organization established upon the eternal truths of the Declaration of Independence and dedicated to providing timely information to concerned citizens, government officials, and public opinion leaders.
  
• - A non-profit organization dedicated to researching policy issues of critical importance for women. IWPR's policy areas include poverty and welfare, family and work, health care and domestic violence, and employment.
  
• - A "think tank" for progressive research and action to create a more responsible society built around the values of justice, nonviolence, sustainability, and decency.
  
• - A nonprofit, scholarly research and educational organization which sponsors comprehensive studies on political economy.
  
• - Founded at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, to identify, scientifically evaluate, and implement through public policy, promising new technologies and programs that offer practical solutions to problems facing the United States.