Development Research Organisations
Introduction
Below are links to other organisations which fund and disseminate development research. The list is not comprehensive nor does inclusion on the list infer endorsement by DFID.For a more comprehensive list of organisations which have co-funded, managed, or worked on DFID-funded research projects go to the search for Research Contacts
Select the asterisk to link to examples of R4D project records managed or co-financed by these agencies. Use the search of Research Contacts to find more projects. This list is under development.
Charitable foundations
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation*Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation*
Rockefeller Foundation*
United Nations Foundation
Wellcome Trust*
International and regional organisations
African Development Bank*Asian Development Bank*
Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)
Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)*
European Union*
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)*
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)*
Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)*
International Monetary Fund (IMF)*
New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)*
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)*
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)*
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)*
West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD)*
World Bank*
World Bank International Development Association (IDA)
World Health Organization (WHO)*
UK Research Councils
Research Councils UK China OfficeUK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)*
UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
UK Medical Research Council (MRC)*
UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
International government agencies
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)*Australian Government Overseas Aid Program (AUSAID)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)*
International Development Research Centre, Canada (IDRC)*
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Official Development Assistance (MOFA-ODA)
New Zealand's International Aid and Development Agency (NZAID)
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)*
Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA)*
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)*
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)*
Communications partners
AGORAAIDSPortal
BRIDGE*
ELDIS electronic development and environment information system*
Global Development Network (GDNet)*
Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC)
HINARI
ID21*
International Technical Information Service
Livelihoods Connect*
Livelihoods Resource Centre (DFID-LRC)
Nanotechnology and Development News*
OARE
PANOS Research Communication Programme (RELAY)*
Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)*
Science and Development Network (SciDev.net)*
Southern African Research and Management Association*
Technology for Agriculture (TECA)*
Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Wren Media*
Others
AVRDC – The World Vegetable CenterBioMed Central
British Library for Development Studies (BLDS)*
CABI
The Communication Initiative
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Connecting Africa
Development Studies Association
Environmental Research Web
European Information System on Agricultural Research for Development (ARD)
Global Access to Information
Global Connections
London International Development Centre
OneWorld.net*
Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) Programme Tools
Research Africa*
STI Global Forum: Building Science, Technology, and Innovation Capacity for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction
UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS)