SDPI ranked 1st amongst Pak think tanks Islamabad January 31, 2021 Islamabad : With 11 points improvement, the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) ranked 90th among 100 non-US global think tanks, retaining its 1st position in Pakistan for the last many years, and with improvement of four points it ranked 11th among the South East Asia and the Pacific region, according to the 15th edition of University of Pennsylvania Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) released across the world. The 2020 GGTTI is based on the ranking done for over 8500 think tanks (TT) registered with GGTTI from across the globe, selected through a rigorous criterion. The University of Pennsylvania under GGTTI initiative organised a global webinar on the eve of the global launch of the GGTTI 2020 report and invited representatives of 20 world-renowned think tanks including SDPI whose case studies were presented at the webinar on “Best Policy and Institutional Response to Covid-19” while working with their respective policy makers. Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director, SDPI, presented the Institute’s case study of developing “Food Security Dashboard” under the office of the Prime Minister to monitor the food security situation amid pandemic and in general situation.