Eligibility for access to Research4Life

Local, not-for-profit institutions from two lists of countries, areas and territories (Group A and Group B) are eligible to join Research4Life based on five factors:


Countries, areas and territories

Core Offer countries, areas and territories

Group A (free access)

  • Afghanistan
  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo
  • Cook Islands
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Haiti
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritania
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Niue
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Vanuatu
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

 

 


Group B (low-cost access)

  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Colombia
  • Cuba
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Fiji
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Iraq
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kosovo (in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999))
  • Libya
  • Mauritius
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem
  • Pakistan
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Seychelles
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tunisia
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Viet Nam

Refugee Camps recognized by UNRWA or categorized by UNHCR as “planned/managed camps” are eligible for free Research4Life access regardless of their geographical location.

This list of countries, areas, and territories is intended for use by the Research4Life partnership only. Given the specific nature of the design of this list which incorporates factors relevant to our public-private-partnership, we recommend that anyone seeking a list of countries fitting certain criteria should consult original United Nations, UNDP, and World Bank data.


Country offers

Content offered by publishers to institution categories within countries, areas and territories:

For publisher’s content not available through the country offers of Research4Life, you may wish to check for access through other initiatives.

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