IDRC believes that research and innovation hold the keys to progress in developing countries.
To make knowledge a tool for addressing pressing challenges,
- we provide researchers in developing countries with the financial resources, advice, and training that will help them find solutions to the local problems they identify
- we encourage sharing knowledge with policymakers, other researchers, and communities around the world
- we foster new talent by offering fellowships and awards
- we disseminate research findings and strive to get new knowledge into the hands of those who can use it.
In doing so, we make an important contribution to Canada’s foreign policy, complementing the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Canadian International Development Agency, and other government departments and agencies. This helps promote Canadian values such as political and intellectual pluralism and intellectual diversity, evidence-based policy-making, and democratic dialogue.
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Our activities in 2010-2011
In 2010-2011, we received $195.6 million in Parliamentary appropriations. This represents about 78.6% of our revenues for that year and 3.9% of Canada’s international assistance. At the end of March 2011, we were supporting 924 research activities being carried out in developing countries. While most sought to solve local or national problems, some of these activities were regional or global.
The map below shows our regional offices and the scope of our work in different regions of the world.
For more information, read our annual report.