RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed by the U.S. government and private endowment, corporations, universities and private individuals.
The US National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academy of Sciences to publish the reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The NAP publishes on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine, providing authoritative information on important matters in science and health policy.
The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. The World Bank is a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group. The World Bank's mission is to end extreme poverty within a generation and boost shared prosperity.
The UK Parliament is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories. It possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories.