International Policy Network
| Abbreviation | IPN |
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| Formation | 1971 |
| Founder | Sir Antony Fisher |
| Extinction | 2011 |
| Type | Non-partisan, non-profit think tank (UK charity) |
| Legal status | Defunct |
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| Subsidiaries | The Freedom to Trade Campaign |
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Formerly called
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The International Institute for Economic Research The Atlas Economic Research Foundation (UK) |
The International Policy Network (IPN) was a think tank headquartered in the City of London. It defined itself as a non-partisan, non-profit organization, but has also been described as a "corporate-funded campaigning group". IPN ran public education campaigns on international issues ranging from trade and development to healthcare and the environment.
In the context of global policy issues, IPN’s campaigns highlighted the role of markets and market institutions as a means of empowering individuals so that they were able to improve their own lives and the lives of others. IPN hopeed that as a result of its programmes, individuals would be better able to achieve their aspirations, regardless of race, colour, creed, nationality or human condition.
IPN ceased to exist in September 2011.
According to its website, "IPN aims to empower individuals and promote respect for people and property in order to eliminate poverty, improve human health and protect the environment. IPN promotes public awareness of the importance of this vision for all people, both rich and poor.
"IPN seeks to achieve its vision by promoting the role of market institutions in certain key international policy debates: sustainable development, health, and globalisation and trade. IPN works with academics, think tanks, journalists and policymakers on every continent."
IPN was founded as a UK charity by Sir Antony Fisher in 1971. The mission of this body is to "Promote the advancement of learning by research into economic and political science and the publication of such research". The charity’s original name was The International Institute for Economic Research, and now is The Atlas Economic Research Foundation (UK), but operates under the name International Policy Network.
IPN’s sister organization, International Policy Network US Inc., is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organisation incorporated in 2001. The two organisations are separate legal and financial entities with independent boards, working together with a common vision.
IPN is funded entirely by voluntary, charitable gifts from foundations, individuals and businesses. IPN does not receive any funding from governments or political parties, and it does no contract work. IPN develops and implements a research and advocacy agenda that encompasses not one or a few, but many public policy issues.
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