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Established:
1999
Objectives:
1) Support multidisciplinary research
in social sciences; 2) Promote the generation
of local knowledge in developing and
transition countries; 3)Produce policy
relevant knowledge on a global scale;
4) Build research capacity to advance
development and alleviate poverty; 5)
Facilitate knowledge sharing among researchers
and policymakers; 6) Disseminate development
knowledge to the public and policymakers
Key
activities: 1) Knowledge creation
and dissemination; 2) Advocacy; 3) Supporting
national-level policy and institutional
reform
FY03
expenditures: $10.4 million
FY04
DGF allocation: $4.45 million. Total
support of $6.54 million, including
other Bank sources
Governance
model: Independent external entity
with close identification with the World
Bank
Location:
Washington, D.C.
Governing
partners: 17 Gov. Body Members include
(7) Members from each of the regions
covered by the regional research networks;
(3) Members from Asia Pacific/Europe
and NA; (2) Members nominated by International
Agencies (UNDP, WB); (3) Members nominated
by International Professional Associations
(including IEA); (2) Seats to ensure
broad regional and scientific representation.
Implementing
agencies: 11 GDN regional networks
Latest
program-level evaluation: First
external independent program-level evaluation
completed in March 2004
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The
Global Development Network, a global network of research
and policy institutes working together to address
the problems of national and regional development,
was conceived and launched by the World Bank in 1999
at its first annual conference in Bonn.
