AusAID-CSIRO R4D Alliance Phase 3 The AusAID-CSIRO Research for Development (R4D) Alliance is a $12.9 million partnership that began in 2008, and builds co-learning partnerships between practitioners and researchers.  The Alliance is an institutional and financial partnership between AusAID and CSIRO, with AusAID contributing approximately 60% and CSIRO up to 40% of the funding for the alliance. The objectives of the Alliance are to: build the aid program evidence base for responding to complex challenges relating to climate change, food and water security, and sustainable cities in South East Asia (Indonesia, Vietnam, Mekong Region) and South Asia; inform aid programming and development decisions leading ultimately to an improvement in the resilience and livelihoods of people living in poverty; build Australia's aid effectiveness as a global partner in research for sustainable development. Phase 3 of the Alliance proposes to strengthen research for development pathways to impact, informing aid programming and partner