With just six years to go to meet the urgent targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to find new ways to harness the power of science to address critical issues of human health, welfare and prosperity.

PERI worked to strengthen research and knowledge systems in developing countries with the aim of having research information inform social and economic development in the south.

The African Journals Online programme was initiated by INASP in order to raise the visibility of African journals and create a greater awareness of research carried out in Africa. Locally owned and managed since 2005, AJOL now hosts more than 500 African journals.