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{{Infobox newspaper|logo = http://www.scidev.net/assets/images/logo.png|founder = David Dickson|website = {{url|www.scidev.net}}|foundation = 2001|type = Online Media Outlet}}'''Science and Development Network,''' also known as '''SciDev.net''', is a [[not-for-profit organisation|not-for-profit organization]] that produces news, views, and analysis about science and technology in the context of global development. It primarily engages with development professionals, policymakers, researchers, the media, and the informed public.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scidev.net/global/content/what-we-do.html|title=What we do}}</ref>

The organisation was founded in 2001<ref name="auto"/> in response to the significant gap in scientific knowledge between rich and poor countries and with the understanding that “those who stand to benefit the most from modern science and technology are also those with the least access to information about it."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html |title=Science and Development Network: International Development Research Centre |accessdate=2010-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608214512/http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html |archivedate=2011-06-08 }}</ref> SciDev.Net seeks to redress this imbalance via its free-to-access website, regional networks, and specialist workshops.

SciDev.Net aims to help individuals and organizationsorganisations apply evidence and insights from science and technology to decision-making in order to have a positive impact on equitable and sustainable development and poverty reduction.

The global edition is based in London, and there are six regional desks based in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish), the Middle East and North and West Africa (Arabic), South Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific, and Sub-Saharan Africa (English and French).

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'''Analysis blogs''': SciDev.Net analysis blogs focus on vulnerable or marginalised groups who tend to be neglected in mainstream development journalism. They aim to bridge the gap between science and development and provide an analysis of how each can inform the other. SciDev.Net analysis blogs include:

* Focus on [[Gender]]

* Focus on Disability

* Focus on Migration Focus on Poverty

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* View on Disability

* View on Gender

* View on [[Migration]]

* View on Private sector

* View on Poverty