The ground for my campaign isn't a position paper or a policy institute.

The policy institute calls for converting the $4 billion in Federal child care money to vouchers, which let parents choose where they send their children.

These listings are not comprehensive, given that more than 4,500 policy institutes exist world wide.

"It evolved from a policy institute that had a religious focus to an organization whose primary mission is Christian conservatism," he said.

Second, policy institutes may base their work or arguments on:

A new trend, resulting from globalization, is collaboration between policy institutes in different countries.

Fifth, presidential policy institutes associated with universities should be subject to academic oversight.

More recently, she was a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy institute in the capital.

While the policy institute places more emphasis on the behavior of the disadvantaged, the defense fund is not silent on the issue.

"The goal was to find new ways to fulfill the old commitments," said Will Marshall, president of the policy institute.