Women work hard in the rice paddies in Cambodia. Photo by Kevin Evans for AusAID.
The DFAT–CSIRO Research for Development Alliance was in operation between 2007 and 2016 and has now been completed. A summary of the Alliance has been published in Meharg, S., 2023. Catalysing Change Agents: Enabling Impact Through Research for Development. Springer Nature.
This DFAT–CSIRO partnership provided an opportunity to introduce approaches to international aid delivery that better respond to the relationship between poverty and the environment.
Countries in the Asia and Pacific regions face daunting environmental pressures that threaten economic growth and poverty reduction. Foremost of these challenges are managing the adverse impacts of development, escalating demand for natural resources, and climate change.
