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Produce actionable evidence
Generate research, analysis and knowledge that can be translated into practical decisions, policies, investments and implementation.
OUR MISSION
Turning evidence into action.
Our mission is to improve development decision-making and implementation through actionable evidence, stronger systems, better projects, resilient solutions, rigorous learning and meaningful partnerships.
CST
EVIDENCE
INTO ACTION
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Evidence
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Systems
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Projects
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Solutions
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Learning
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Partnerships
OUR PURPOSE
Improve development decision-making.
CST works to strengthen the connection between knowledge, policy, investment and implementation — so that better evidence can lead to better decisions and more practical development outcomes.
WHAT WE AIM TO DO
Seven ways we turn knowledge into impact.
CST's mission brings together evidence, institutions, projects, resilience, learning, innovation and collaboration as connected parts of development decision-making.
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Strengthen policy & public-investment systems
Support stronger policy, public financial management and public investment systems so institutions can make better-informed choices.
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Develop better projects
Help transform priorities and ideas into realistic, financeable and implementable projects through development, appraisal and practical advisory.
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Advance climate-resilient & sustainable solutions
Integrate climate, environmental and resilience considerations into policies, projects, infrastructure and investment decisions.
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Provide rigorous monitoring & evaluation
Measure results, assess implementation and generate learning that can improve programmes, projects, institutions and future decisions.
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Test innovative approaches
Develop, test and refine promising approaches, technologies and models while generating evidence about what works in practice.
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Build partnerships that translate knowledge into action
Work across government, academia, development organisations, business and communities to bring complementary expertise together.
HOW THE MISSION COMES TO LIFE
Knowledge is only valuable when it moves.
CST connects different stages of development decision-making so that knowledge generated in one stage can strengthen the next.
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RESEARCH
Understand the problem.
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POLICY
Translate evidence into choices.
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PROJECT
Develop practical pathways.
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IMPLEMENTATION
Turn plans into action.
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LEARNING
Measure, evaluate and improve.
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SCALE
Move what works toward wider use.
ACT
RESEARCH
ADVISE
DEVELOP
LEARN
MISSION IN PRACTICE
From knowing to doing.
CST believes that development knowledge should not remain disconnected from implementation. Research should inform policy. Policy should shape better projects. Projects should generate implementation experience. Monitoring and evaluation should turn that experience into learning.
Where appropriate, innovation should then help promising ideas move toward wider institutional or commercial application.
Evidence should not end
with a report.
ONE CONNECTED MISSION
Seven priorities. One purpose.
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Evidence
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Systems
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Projects
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Resilience
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Learning
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Innovation
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Action
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE
Better futures begin with wiser decisions.
CST exists to help make development decisions better — by connecting evidence with policy, investment, implementation and learning.
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EVIDENCE
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WISER CHOICES
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BETTER ACTION
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SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
OUR COMMITMENT
Research with purpose.
Advice with context.
Action with impact.
We connect knowledge with the decisions that shape policies, investments, projects, institutions and sustainable futures.