In recent years, the notion of doingresearch with multiple partners has become an importantconcept in international development. This reflects thebelief that partnerships are important for solving complexproblems, reducing costs and competition for the sameresources, increasing efficiency and ownership, and ensuringgreater accountability. The Center for InternationalForestry Research (CIFOR) was established in 1993 by theConsultative Group on International Agricultural Research(CGIAR) in response to global concerns about the social,environmental and economic consequences of forest loss anddegradation. CIFOR's statutes define its mission as'to contribute to the sustained well-being of people indeveloping countries, particularly in the tropics, throughcollaborative strategic and applied research and relatedactivities in forest systems and forestry, and by promotingthe transfer of appropriate new technologies and theadoption of new methods o/social organizations, for nationaldevelopment: CIFOR research produces the knowledge andmethods needed to improve the well-being of forest-dependentpeople and to help tropical countries manage their forestswisely for sustained benefits. This research is undertakenin partnership. At any given time, more than 100developing-country researchers participate in CIFOR researchprojects. This publication is an initial attempt to explorepartners' experience of carrying out research incollaboration with CIFOR. The first part of the documentintroduces CIFOR's collaborative strategy and thepartnership framework used for this study. 'The secondsection presents the study's objectives, approach andfindings. The third and final section analyses the resultsand the implication of the study's findings for CIFORand its partners.
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