PROGRAM REPORT 2005-2010 (DFID Reference #AG4223)

Abstract

International Development and for the purpose of an external review and evaluation of the program. The report concludes with the strategic intent of the program for the next five year period. These future plans will be developed further as recommendations of the review become available and as the program exploits opportunities in the coming months, to discuss strategic priorities with partners. It should be acknowledged that research projects supported by IDRC (International Development Research Centre) do not follow a time line bound by program strategies. At the time of writing, there remain a number of projects that are at different stages and which are yet to produce results. The last five years have been a period of significant change, opportunity and progress in the field of global tobacco control, necessitating that RITC adapt and communicate with its stakeholders in order to remain relevant while striving for its mission. With the adoption of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and with a spike in the availability of philanthropic funding, there has been a dramatic increase in activity: Yet there remains a lot to be done to mitigate the tobacco epidemic and a long term vision for addressing this in low and middle income countries remains a challenge with limited and insecure resources. Despite limited resources, RITC has been a leader in supporting tobacco control research in developing countries in every region of the world and in recognizing and promoting tobacco control as a multisectoral development issue. RITC has provided sustained and efficient mechanisms for funding tobacco control research in LMIC’s based on their development needs, rather than purely on the size of a country’s smoking population