Global Academia Specialist Consultancy

With over 50 years’ combined experience, the Global Academia Group delivers specialist research, analysis and consultancy with a focus on providing optimal solutions to a range of major economic sectors around the world, including, but not limited to, the following sectors:

extractive industries;
pharmaceuticals;
telecommunications and media;
construction and real estate;
infrastructure and transport;
travel and tourism.

Working closely with both public and private sector clients, we integrate with them to understand their challenges and needs. As long-term partners we are often re-appointed by our clients for our highly experienced experts who deliver accurate, timely and professional advice.

Public Sector Advisory

The Global Academia Group is well respected for its excellent and outstanding research and development capabilities, having assisted key host governments in the Middle East, Africa and South America to build their fiscal, economic, legal and regulatory frameworks to transform their economic performances. Our public sector advisory work has been particularly commended in the following areas:

Providing assistance with designing long-term economic plan(s)
Strategic planning to attract and sustain foreign direct investment
Renewable energy
Social and economic development towards self-sufficiency
Fair distribution and allocation of revenue contributions on a local, regional and national level
Efficient natural resource management
Review of existing frameworks and using benchmark studies to make international comparisons
Strategically marketing and promoting Investment, Policy and Economic Forums

Private Sector Advisory

Working closely with Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises ('SME's) and Multi-National Corporations (MNC's), we have assisted to transform their economic performances. Our team of experts dedicate time and effort to not only understand the goals and objectives of SME's and MNC's, but also the overall role of the private sector in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty.

Undertaking economic analyses of the main economic sectors in developing countries
Barometer of key private sector businesses and their leaders
Using benchmark studies to make international comparisons
Catalysing change on a national, regional and local level through Corporate Social Responsibility
Business Performance and Innovation

Global Academia Think Tank and Information Repository

Our in-house Think Tank undertakes continuous research and analysis to build and maintain our Information Repository and to provide strategic and accurate advice along with innovative solutions to practical problems. We also collaborate with the following institutions to obtain up-to-date and accurate data:

UK

Think Tank	Speciality
Chatham House	International economics, regional studies
International Institute of Strategic Studies(IISS)	Non-proliferation, counterterrorism
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)	International development, humanitarian issues
Adam Smith Institute	Free-market, social policies
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)	Enterprise, society, privatisation
Institute of Development Studies (IDS)	State-engagement, action in developing countries
Centre of Economic Policy Research (CEPR)	Economics, public policy, industrial organisation
Centre for European Reform (CER)	Pro-European
CIViTAS	Education, crime, constitution, health reform, immigration
Fabian Society	Public policy (left of centre), affiliated with the Labour Party.

US

Think Tank	Speciality
Brookings Institution	U.S. foreign policy, Middle East
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)	U.S. foreign policy, national security
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	Nuclear non-proliferation, China
Rand Corporation	Military strategy, political economy
Heritage Foundation	Tax policy, missile defence
Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars	Regional studies, democracy promotion
Centre for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)	Defence policy, diplomacy
American Enterprise Institute(AEI)	Trade, defence
Cato Institute	Libertarianism, deregulation
Centre for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)	Federal budget, federal tax

Europe

Think Tank	Speciality
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI)	Arms control, conflict management
Centre for European Policy Studies(CEPS)	EU affairs
Transparency International	Anticorruption
German Council for Foreign Relations (DGAP)	German foreign policy, international relations
German Institute for International and Security Affairs	German foreign policy and security
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)	Trans-Atlantic relations, European affairs
International Crisis Group	Prevention/resolution of deadly conflict
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)	Electoral processes, political parties, democracy, conflict
Kiel Institute for the World Economy	Global economics
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)	Democracy, human rights, justice

Asia

Think Tank	Speciality
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)	Philosophy, social sciences, People's Republic of China
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)	Internationals relations, foreign policy
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)	Military affairs, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, security
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)	Defence, security policy, global challenges, regional studies
Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS)	International relations

Latin America and the Caribbean

Think Tank	Speciality
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI)	International relations
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACOS)	Social sciences, education
Libertad y Desarroll (LYD)	Economy, justice, environment
Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP)	Chilean affairs
Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC)	Education, health, justice, public spending

Africa

Think Tanks	Speciality
Centre for Conflict Resolution	Conflict
South Africa Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)	Trade, investment, security, conflict, SA foreign policy
Institute of Security Studies (ISS)	Human security
Free Market Foundation	Human development
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS)	Development, international system
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)	Terrorism, intelligence, arms control
Gulf Research Center (GRC)	Gulf Cooperation Council affairs
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR)	Economy, military, strategic studies
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)	Social sciences