GCRF Development Corridors Partnership (DCP)

在国际和国家利益的驱动下，“发展走廊”的概念越来越多地被用来支持非洲的经济增长。发展走廊具有巨大的发展潜力，但也面临重大挑战。这些问题包括不均衡的发展影响、穿越通常已经有人居住和管理的所谓“未得到充分利用”的土地，以及对气候变化的脆弱性。这些挑战导致该区域缺乏适当的研究能力。这项提议旨在通过与决策者的接触以及在东非、中国和英国的研究机构和研究人员内部发展相关能力来应对这些挑战。这项研究旨在产生与决策相关的证据，并将其提供给关键的决策进程，以改善对发展走廊的投资的可持续发展成果。该提案侧重于东非的走廊，特别是坦桑尼亚南部农业增长走廊(SAGCOT)和肯尼亚的拉穆港和拉穆-苏丹南部-埃塞俄比亚运输走廊(拉穆-苏丹南部-埃塞俄比亚运输走廊)。该联盟由联合国环境规划署-世界自然保护监测中心牵头，合同名称为“世界自然保护监测中心”，成员包括五所大学(剑桥大学、伦敦经济学院、内罗毕、索科内农业大学和纽约大学)和三个边界机构(世界自然基金会(坦桑尼亚)、非洲保护中心和国家发改委中国国家气候变化战略和国际合作中心。这项工作围绕三项成果和六个工作包展开，充分整合了研究和能力发展以及重要的政策参与和外联工作。

The concept of 'development corridors' is increasingly used to support economic growth in Africa, driven by international as well as national interests. Development corridors have tremendous development potential yet they face significant challenges. These include uneven development impacts, traversing so-called "underutilised" lands that are generally already populated and managed, and vulnerability to climate change. Such challenges result in a lack of appropriate research capacity in the region. This proposal aims to addresses these challenges through engagement with decision makers and by developing relevant capacity within research institutions and researchers in eastern Africa, China and the UK. The research is targeted to generate decision-relevant evidence and feed it into key decision making processes in order to improve the sustainable development outcomes of investments in development corridors.The proposal is focused on corridors in eastern Africa, particularly the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) and the Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) in Kenya. The consortium is led by the United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), who would be contracted as 'WCMC', and comprises five universities (Cambridge, London School of Economics, Nairobi, Sokoine University of Agriculture and York) and three boundary agents (World-Wide Fund for Nature (Tanzania), African Conservation Centre (ACC) and the China National Centre for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC) of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The work is structured around three outcomes and six Work Packages, fully integrating research and capacity development, and significant policy engagement and outreach.