Research Guides: POLS 235: African Politics (HC): Reports and Groups

Finding Research Reports and Conference Papers

PolicyFile
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Provides access to articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism. Most content is NOT peer-reviewed.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Website that makes conference papers searchable with many available full text. SSRN collects conference papers, journal article pre-prints and working papers in the social sciences.

Global Go to Think Tanks, 2017
James McGann at the University of Pennsylvania ranks public policy organizations each year. The report organizes ranking by the world and by region in addition to a ranking by area of research. Good for identifying new think tanks as sources of research and analysis.
African Arguments
Commentary and analysis sponsored by the Social Sciences Research Council. See also this page of SSRC work and experts on Africa.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace/ Sub-Saharan Africa
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)- Africa Program
Council on Foreign Relations - Africa
Freedom House: Sub-Saharan Africa
International Center for Transitional Justice/ Africa
International Crisis Group/ Africa
International Relations and Security Network: Links on Africa
Open Society Foundations/ Africa
United Nations Agencies on Africa (from Columbia University)
United States Institute of Peace
This is the Countries and Continents page that provides links for material on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Sudan. See also the pages for Issue Areas and for Publications and Tools.