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Presentation by Martin Parr (CABI) at the 2010 IAALD World Congress - 26-29 April 2010, Montpellier, France
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Research4DevelopmentManaging and Sharing DFID’s Research Evidence
April 27th 2009IAALD 2010, Montpellier
Martin Parr (CIMRC & CABI)
DFID spent£86 million on Research in
2005, spent upwards of£136 million in 2007, and £220
million by 2010
How is DFID’s Research funding spent?
● In what sectors?
● In what countries?
● How is research programme contributing to the
reduction of poverty, the uptake of new technology
and the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals?
● How should research funding be directed in future?
www.research4development.info
‘a service, not a site’
Opening Access to Research
● Feeds and email alerts available for 30 key subject areas and all countries
where DFID has major operations
● Open Access collections
From bbc.co.uk website, 23 April 2010
http://www.practicalparticipation.co.uk/tools/aiddata/tags/tagline/demo.php
Communicating research stories
● Add News and Blog content to put the research evidence into context and
encourage feedback. Use Video to stimulate debate
http://cabiblog.typepad.com/ http://www.twitter.com/cabi_news
www.Research4development.info
soon to be:
www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D
Martin Parr (m.parr@cabi.org)
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