To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of research funded by Overseas Development Assistance is carried out (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.
Answered on
21 January 2022
Effective Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) research projects are undertaken in partnerships of two or more organisations. UK-overseas partnerships are common. Information on specific FCDO programmes is provided on the UK's Development Tracker: https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/, with some additional information on funding of organisations available through the d-portal of the International Aid Transparency Initiative: https://d-portal.org/ctrack.html#view=search. However, in light of the way in which individual project budgets are presented it is not practical to aggregate the data to provide the requested breakdown.
UK institutions have strong capability in development research, in which the UK is a global leader. Researchers in these institutions are relatively successful in open competitions for FCDO ODA research funding. Therefore, a substantial proportion of FCDO ODA-funded research is undertaken within the UK.