The implementation of the global agenda for sustainable development requires local research capacity to ensure that the scientific community is equipped to critically analyze development and policy challenges, and to inform policies and reforms with contextualized knowledge of the local environment.
Since its introduction in 2014, the DR program has gone through three phases of development: The pilot phase, the proof-of-concept phase and the scale-up phase.
The DR program is implemented and developed through a network of Southern 'research on research' scholars spanning 30 countries (early 2021), and is growing.
The program produces knowledge on the performance of research systems and through a range of communication outputs and dissemination channels, releases original data. It also organizes discussions and outreach initiatives that can be strategic to both international and national reforms in the global South.
