National Agenda for Policy-oriented Research

As the country moves ahead steadily after the 2013 elections, certain key issues confronting the nation should be on the priority of think-tanks and research organizations with an aim to present policy-oriented advice.

Abstract

As the country moves ahead steadily after the 2013 elections, certain key issues confronting the nation should be on the priority of think-tanks and research organizations with an aim to present policy-oriented advice. Preserving the national sovereignty and freedom are paramount. Governance, or lack of it – running through and along most of our problems of today – must assume a priority attention. Challenges of external and internal security, a renewed foreign policy centered on safeguarding the country’s own interest and further cementing the relations with friendly countries are also priority areas. Among the national issues the reorganization of the federal structure, education, economy, energy and water problems and their various dynamics should be central focus of research at think-tanks.

The complete article can be read in the latest edition of IPS bi-annual journal Policy Perspectives.