IDRC believes that research and innovation hold the keys to progress in developing countries. Our programs respond to evolving priorities in a fast-changing world by fostering science and innovation, strengthening health systems, boosting agricultural production and food security, and promoting equitable growth.
Working with some of the brightest minds in Canada and the developing world, we focus on achieving results.
Here you will find results of recent projects and activities.
To view results of earlier research, visit our Digital Library.
And you can read about recent and current research in articles on the Publications page.
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Recognizing that peer-reviewed publications are essential to increasing the visibility of African adaptation research for policymakers, CCAA is working with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) to support a peer-review mentoring network for research partners. Through this initiative, partners are collaborating to produce high-quality, peer-reviewed papers on various themes under the mentorship of leading adaptation scholars. |
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Health care systems in many African countries are undergoing decentralization, institutional reform and cost recovery. These reforms aim to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of health services. However, high levels of ill health — exacerbated by HIV/AIDS — re-emerging diseases, and inequalities in access to health care persist. |
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Since 1998, IDRC has supported research in Ecuador on the health impacts of pesticide use on potato farmers and their families. Researchers worked with farmers to develop agricultural practices that depend less on chemicals |
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Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, is the home of almost 2 million people. Many of the poorest live in unplanned and under-serviced slums. An IDRC-supported project used an ecohealth approach to development in 12 neighbourhoods struggling with unplanned growth, ever-deteriorating environment, bad health, and perpetual poverty. |
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Africa, a new frontier for tobacco companies, is witnessing a smoking epidemic. These short videos provide an introduction to tobacco use in Africa, some of the successes in addressing the devastating effects of tobacco use, and the challenges to progress, including tobacco industry influence. |
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In 2005, IDRC adopted the rolling Project Completion Report (rPCR), creating a cross-organization interactive process to elicit staff reflection, deepen learning about projects, and fulfill an accountability function for the organization. Five years after its implementation, we commissioned an assessment of the rPCR process and its resulting reports. |
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The “Social Protection and Economic Empowerment” project worked to develop a policy-relevant research agenda in Latin America on inclusive and empowering social protection programs, facilitated by using information and communication technologies (ICTs). |
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Sustainable partnerships. Community engagement. Impact on health policy and practice. These are among the common themes in a collection of 10 case studies showcasing effective global health research. |
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In organizing the FIESS, the Montréal-based organization, Chantier de l’économie sociale, aimed to contribute to strengthening partnerships and dialogue between civil society, public authorities, and other organizations working for the establishment of a social and solidarity economy in participating countries. |
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This research explored the interaction between groundwater and surface water bodies in the flooding Western Pampas. |
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In several Latin American countries, a selective approach to the delivery of primary health care in the past few decades has skewed access to a limited number of services to specific vulnerable populations. The result: fragmented health systems with...
Through 46 research projects supported since 2006, the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) program has investigated what it means for African countries and communities to adapt to climate change. However, these research results are not always...
Health care systems in many African countries are undergoing decentralization, institutional reform and cost recovery. These reforms aim to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of health services. However, high levels of ill health —...
Potatoes have played an integral role in Andean agriculture for thousands of years.
Since 1998, IDRC has supported research in Ecuador on the health impacts of pesticide use on potato farmers and their families. Researchers worked with farmers...
Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, is the home of almost 2 million people. Many of the poorest live in unplanned and under-serviced slums. An IDRC-supported project used an ecohealth approach to development in 12 neighbourhoods struggling with...
Africa, a new frontier for tobacco companies, is witnessing a smoking epidemic. These short videos provide an introduction to tobacco use in Africa, some of the successes in addressing the devastating effects of tobacco use, and the challenges to...
Decentralization has become a widespread development strategy in the global South, and is transforming the structure of governance. Decentralization policies have often been presented as strengthening democracy and citizen participation...
In 2005, IDRC adopted the rolling Project Completion Report (rPCR), creating a cross-organization interactive process to elicit staff reflection, deepen learning about projects, and fulfill an accountability function for the organization. Five...
The “Social Protection and Economic Empowerment” project worked to develop a policy-relevant research agenda in Latin America on inclusive and empowering social protection programs, facilitated by using information and communication technologies...
Sustainable partnerships. Community engagement. Impact on health policy and practice. These are among the common themes in a collection of 10 case studies showcasing effective global health research. The case studies appear in a special supplement...
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