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Engendering Policy through Evaluation: Uncovering Exclusion and Challenging Inequities in India

The socioeconomic context in India is characterized by persistent gender gaps and inequalities; an increasing demand for transparency and accountability; and growing interest in evaluation, but shortf

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Decentralization, Local Power, and Women's Rights

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...


News

ASEAN-Canada partnership to boost regional research

21/02/2012

Research institutions in Canada and Southeast Asia are joining forces to boost collaborative research aimed at understanding regional trends in a fast-changing world. The three-year ASEAN-Canada Research Partnership, funded by IDRC, will support...

IDRC in the News — February 2012

21/02/2012

IDRC President David Malone gave a talk, titled “Outsider’s Perspectives on Soft Power in Indian Foreign Policy,” at the International Centre Goa in Dona Paula, India. In a working paper on the topic published by the National University of...

Events

Highlight: Workshop on Engendering Policy through Evaluation in India

15/01/2012

The Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) held a workshop on “Engendering Policy through Evaluation:  Uncovering exclusion, challenging inequities’ on December 15-16, 2011 in New Delhi, India. This was the first workshop held under a project...

Highlight: Consultation focuses on Mexico's employment, labour challenges

19/01/2012

The World Bank, IDRC, and the Inter-American Conference on Social Security organized a high-level technical consultation on January 19, 2012 in Mexico City. The goal: contribute to the World Development Report (WDR) 2013 on labour markets and...

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The socioeconomic context in India is characterized by persistent gender gaps and inequalities; an increasing demand for transparency and accountability; and growing interest in evaluation, but shortf

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The Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2012) will take place 12-15 March 2012 at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in At

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Despite the widespread nature of abuse facing women in contexts of armed conflict and transition, there is little documentation on how such women experience injustice and how they exercise their agenc

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More than 700 million people depend on aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) for their livelihood. These are diverse farming systems that include a mix of cultivation, livestock-raising, aquaculture, fis

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Philanthropy in Singapore has traditionally had a charitable and local orientation. However, given the country's growing wealth and strong ties (trade, investment, migration) with its less advantaged

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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...

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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...

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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. The case studies appear in a special supplement...

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In 2009, Bhutan's prime minister, the Honourable Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley, committed to an unprecedented reorganization of the country's education system based on Gross National Happiness (GNH) principles. Thanks to strong collaboration from...

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​Inter Pares. a Canadian non-governmental organization, prides itself on how well it has succeeded in integrating a feminist approach in all its activities. For most of the organization's 35-year history, feminist analysis and principles have played...
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