Abstract:
The CGIAR is only 30 years old but it is regarded as an institutiona_ icon that is produc rig global public goods to improve the welfare of mankind (Dalrymple, 2001). However, the CGIAR's current budget of $340 million has been flat for the past four years. The CGIAR's Third System Review recommended a number of innovations to make it more relevant to the dramatic changes in the technological and institutional environment of global agricultural research (CGIAR, 1998).