The Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG)

The Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG) is a an independent, international think tank with focus on economic development & trade, international relations & strategic affairs, regional cooperation & integration, migration & resettlement, power & energy, sustainable development and green growth, and governance & leadership. IPAG undertakes engagement & outreach activities, promotes dialogue among various stakeholders, conducts training & capacity building, and supports advocacy towards social justice.

As a pro-active ‘Do’ & ‘Think’ Tank, IPAG emphasizes on doing evidence-based policy research with a focus on providing solutions that effectively respond to real life problems and challenges. Towards that end, IPAG engages with policy makers, senior officials, think tanks, academia, private sector, civil society, and the media.

IPAG has presence in Bangladesh, UAE, Australia, India and Austria and maintains global outreach through collaboration with leading think tanks, research institutes and policy bodies around the world. IPAG has respectable presence in well-respected international media which include Project Syndicate, Agenda of the World Economic Forum, Straits Times (Singapore), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Nikkei Asian Review (Japan), The Hindu (India), etc.

IPAG has been mentioned as one of the world’s fastest growing think tanks being ranked 34th among the top 108 in the category “Top Think Tanks in Southeast Asia & the Pacific”, 43rd among the top 132 in ‘International Development Policy”, 27th among the top 114 in ‘Think Tanks to Watch in 2019’ & 46th among the top 60 in “Top Energy and Resource Policy Think Tanks”. These Global Rankings are done by The Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania, US covering 8,000 think tanks globally.