These were identified for the definition for food and health research adopted by the project, but it was understood that multiple disciplines are increasingly used across the thematic sectors.
There are thematic investors and sector-specific investors.
The Gambling Commission said a "thematic review" of the sector had thrown up such serious issues that it had launched the investigations and it was "considering whether five of these require a licence review".
Rakhi Kumar: The main evolution I would point to is that we have established a prioritization framework, where we take a risk-based approach to both sector and thematic reviews.
Methodology: The evaluation follows the Results Based Framework in examining the programme strategy, the institutional structure, the sectors and thematic areas to assess the progress towards outcomes and to identify the inter-relationships of a number of development interventions.
Finally, we place a heavy influence on sector, industry and thematic trends.
For example, (Hinson et al., 2010; Hinson, 2011a; Hinson, 2011b) did look at CSR disclosures in the banking sector in four thematic areas: human resource; environment; product and customer; and community involvement.
Looking overseas can also allow charities to take a sectoral or thematic approach, for example, investing in the best performing companies in any particular sector, regardless of where they are based.
Purposes of assignments vary and may have a country-specific, regional, sector-based or thematic focus.
Figure 1.3: Top five donors – thematic humanitarian funds Source: UNICEF Public-Sector Alliances and Resource Mobilization Office, end 2010 While the 2010 level of thematic funding is much higher than the 2009 level, an analysis of the recipients highlights that so far in 2010, more than 90 per cent of the thematic funds were provided for response to the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods.
In the second half of the paper, we sought to complement the earlier findings by talking to experts in the public and private sectors and organizing their thoughts into additional thematic areas.
