Presentation by Martin Parr (CABI) at the 2010 IAALD World Congress - 26-29 April 2010, Montpellier, France

1. Research4Development
Managing and Sharing DFID’s Research Evidence
April 27th 2009
IAALD 2010, Montpellier
Martin Parr (CIMRC & CABI)

2. DFID spent
£86 million on Research in
2005, spent upwards of
£136 million in 2007, and £220
million by 2010

3. 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?

4. www.research4development.info

5. ‘a service, not a site’

6. 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

7. From bbc.co.uk website, 23 April 2010

8. http://www.practicalparticipation.co.uk/tools/aiddata/tags/tagline/demo.php

9. Communicating research stories
● Add News and Blog content to put the research evidence into context and
encourage feedback. Use Video to stimulate debate

10. http://cabiblog.typepad.com/
http://www.twitter.com/cabi_news

11. www.Research4development.info
soon to be:
www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D
Martin Parr (m.parr@cabi.org)