Report to the Annual General Meeting 2005 from the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the Science Council

This report, presented by Jim Ryan, new SPIA Chair replacing Hans Gregersen, describes the progress made by SPIA since the last report to the CGIAR in 2004, highlighting major activities and impact assessment (IA) studies commissioned by SPIA. This is done against the back drop of an overall strategy considering the future IA needs of the System as perceived by SPIA and endorsed by the CGIAR. This document was presented at the Business Meeting at AGM2005.