Funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK through its Governance and Transparency Fund, the Strengthening Institutions program is a joint effort of the Global Development Network and the Results for Development Institute.  The program aims to strengthen the analytical underpinnings of the policy debates around public expenditure priorities in developing countries by providing technical and financial support to fifteen emerging think tanks worldwide to conduct analyses of spending in the health, education, and water sectors. The supported institutions will use results from their public expenditure studies to develop proposals for improving the quality of public spending and to engage constructively with policymakers for uptake of their policy recommendations.