This guide is a practical resource to guide Australian-based researchers and international development organisations, particularly Australian-based NGOs (ANGOs). The guide seeks to support good practice for research partnerships in order to generate evidence to influence policy and practice in the international development sector.

The primary audience for the guide are development practitioners, including those working in NGOs; and researchers, including those working within academic institutions – with a particular focus on the Australian development sector.

The guide will also be valuable for others engaged in international development, such as NGOs and researchers based in other countries; donors; individual consultants and the private sector, who are interested in setting up or participating in research activities.