Yet the cultures of these four stakeholder sectors in research--public, private, government, and voluntary--are quite different from each other, and each has its own advantages: flexibility, work-life balance, money, accountability, corporate citizenship, future career opportunities, travel demands and opportunities, and so on.
The proposed assessment intends to map the full range of stakeholders (sectors, organizations/institutions, disciplines, networks and users) in different stages of research, information and knowledge generation, synthesis and use within each country and across the region.
We have also demonstrated that it is essential to ensure that any cross-sectoral IT innovations meet sufficient interests of stakeholders across sectors to ensure their support, consistent with research findings in other spheres of health service delivery [ 32].
Perhaps that is the intent?" Pachauri says it was "to be expected" that the critical choices that climate change asks of human society "would pose challenges for some stakeholders and sectors of the economy".
In the last 10 years, new networks and programs that address the needs of specific stakeholders or sectors have appeared.
An effective large-scale forest landscape restoration program requires the mobilization and engagement of a diverse group of stakeholders and sectors.
Thus, implementing disaster risk reduction and resilience building initiatives, projects, and activities requires continuing, consistent, and persistent efforts from multiple stakeholders and sectors.
CBC programs can encourage partnerships among different stakeholders and sectors and build on the supportive community networks that already exist for PLWHA (9).
These strategies, include an emphasis on prevention, broad-based partnership and participation with various stakeholders and sectors, whistleblowing mechanisms, and creating incentives and disincentives for good and bad behavior respectively [ 4].
It will convene leaders and stakeholders from multiple sectors and industries to exchange knowledge, research and policy solutions, and match investors with promising BoP business opportunities.
Simon Berry, founder and chief executive, ColaLife, Lusaka, Zambia @colalife Simon has experience in cross-sector stakeholder relations, rural development, open innovation and new media.
