leaders (including Vieux Farka Touré and Abdel Kader Haidara, the "bad-ass librarian of Timbuktu") met with government leaders (including the newly elected president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta), along with American counterparts, to develop a strategy using Mali's music and cultural heritage to help the city recover from conflict. The initiative "seeks to boost Mali's creative industries, such as tourism, literature, architecture, music, film and art, as well as mobilize investment for sustainable economic development in areas including education, agriculture, renewable energy and natural resources". Google Arts & Culture has worked with TR and Haidara to digitize the manuscripts the librarians saved. TR's first public concert was given in December 2017, thereafter taking place each month. It also produces albums and runs residencies for musicians. See also List of think tanks in the United States References Citations Sources Abelson, Donald E. Do Think Tanks Matter?: Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes (2009). Weidenbaum, Murray L. The Competition of Ideas: The World of the Washington Think Tanks (2011). Boyd, Paxton F.Do Think Tanks Matter?: Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes (2009). Shpilsky, Benjamin E. "Do Think Tanks Matter: Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes'' (2009). External links 1916 establishments in Washington, D.C. Dupont Circle Embassy Row Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States Nonpartisan organizations in the United States Organizations established in 1916 Political and economic think tanks in the United States Think tanks based in Washington, D.C.