The Think Tank Initiative s (TTI) monitoring and evaluation strategy allows it to monitor results of strategic value to its grantee organizations, program staff, and program donors. The Policy Community Survey is a key element of the strategy. It aims to reveal national policy stakeholders  perceptions of their needs for, and use of, information in policymaking. It also highlights their perceptions of the quality, value, and availability of research findings produced by think tanks. It seeks to understand their thoughts around the capacity of think tanks to undertake high quality policy-relevant research and to influence policymaking processes. This project aims to shed light on the nature of the demand side of the wider policy community in which think tanks operate in a specific country. It will examine perceptions around the role of think tanks as national policy contributors. It will offer knowledge to allow think tanks to assess their own performance. This will help them identify critical organizational capacity needs that should be met. Finally, the project aims to identify broad policy community changes in a particular country over time, along with the extent to which each think tank is perceived to have adapted to those changes.Specifically, it will seek to:-develop an understanding of the policy community in specific countries,-understand the strengths and weaknesses of particular think tanks,-understand what activities are associated with the success of think tanks,-help prioritize support strategies, such as funding, training, and technical assistance, and,-track changes over time by comparing the results with those from the first round of the survey.   The first round of the Policy Community Survey was undertaken in the 23 countries where TTI operates, beginning in Africa (11 countries), then Latin America (seven countries), and South Asia (five countries). A total of 985 high-level respondents were interviewed between 2009 and 2011. These include groups of policy actors such as government, non-governmental organizations, media, multilateral/bilateral organizations, the private sector, research/academia, and trade unions. The second round of the Policy Community Survey is based on the methodology and findings from the first round. The survey will be conducted in 10 African countries, seven Latin American countries, and five South Asian countries.  The findings will provide a new data set that supplements the initial baseline. This will help to compare shifts in perceptions among policy stakeholders of their information needs for policymaking and of the performance of think tanks, including individual TTI grantees. The survey will also create a deeper understanding of the national policy environment in which think tanks operate, and the extent to which their research outputs are used and perceived as valuable. This information will be provided to grantees as a valuable source of reflection on their own national policy engagement and out