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Science–practitioner partnerships for sustainable development

Science funding could contribute more towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Science–practitioner partnerships illustrate how a patient and outcome-based approach could improve water security for millions of vulnerable people.

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This article is an output from the REACH programme, funded by UK Aid from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for the benefit of developing countries (programme code 201880). However, the views expressed and information contained in it are not necessarily those of or endorsed by the FCDO, which can accept no responsibility for such views or information or for any reliance placed on them. For more information on the REACH programme, see www.reachwater.uk. Funding from the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship grant FL190100164 ‘Water Justice: Indigenous Water valuation and Resilient Decision-making’ supported this work.

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  1. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Rob Hope

  2. School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Katrina Jane Charles

  3. Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    Rupert Quentin Grafton

  4. Institute of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

    Daniel Olago

  5. Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Mashfiqus Salehin & Mohammed Abed Hossain

  6. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    Rebecca Peters

  7. World Bank, Washington, DC, USA

    Ana Gren

  8. Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Tassew Woldehanna

  9. Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Muhammad Ibrahim

  10. Policy Support Branch, Local Government Division, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Emdadul Hoq Chowdhury

  11. UNICEF, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Mohammad Monirul Alam

  12. UNICEF, East and Southern Africa (ESARO), Nairobi, Kenya

    Kitka Goyol

  13. International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Rome, Italy

    Rachael McDonnell

  14. Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, London, UK

    Anna Nileshwar

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Hope, R., Charles, K.J., Grafton, R.Q. et al. Science–practitioner partnerships for sustainable development.
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