sentences:  CPD is a partner institute of the World Economic Forum, popularly known as the Davos Forum, since 2001; DeFiNe Network of OECD Development Centre, Paris; and the ARTNeT-UNESCAP.CPD also maintains membership with the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) and a number of other Networks, and is one of the four Founders of the South Asia Economic Summit, an initiative of the premier civil society think-tanks in South Asia.According to the University of Pennsylvania's "2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report", CPD is number 46 out of 60 in the "Top Think Tanks in Southeast Asia and the Pacific".