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Universities and Councils Network on Innovation for Inclusive Development in Southeast Asia

The recently completed IDRC-supported project, 104904 Science and Technology Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid (Southeast Asia), supported research on pro-poor innovations in Southeast Asia. Buil

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The Social Protection and Economic Empowerment project leads to a new research agenda in Latin America

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...


News

IDRC grantee named Peru's Minister of Development and Social Inclusion

09/11/2011

Carolina Trivelli, co-leader of a component of IDRC's Multi-donor Research Platform on Social Protection, Financial Inclusion and ICTs project, was appointed Minister of Peru's new Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion on October 21...

International agencies: how to promote opportunities for informal businesses

03/10/2011

How Business Environment Reform can Promote Formalisation, an annex to the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development's (DCED) 2008 Supporting Business Environment Reforms. Practical Guidance for Development Agencies is now available (also available...

Events

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...

“Averting a Euro-Meltdown: Sharing Global Responsibility,” with Arvind Virmani, IMF Executive Director

21/12/2011

What should the rest of the world do to ensure that the Euro crisis is contained and potential contagion to countries outside the Euro area minimized? This is the question posed by Arvind Virmani, India’s representative to the International Monetary...

Latest Projects

The recently completed IDRC-supported project, 104904 Science and Technology Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid (Southeast Asia), supported research on pro-poor innovations in Southeast Asia. Buil

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This project aims to understand the security situation faced by vulnerable populations in the violence-affected communities in the city of Medellín, Colombia, from the perspective of those living with

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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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In 2007, out-of-pocket expenditures accounted for 90% of total private expenditure on healthcare in India. The cost of coping with serious disease can be ruinous for families living below the poverty

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In December 2007, Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC) undertook an initiative to understand the critical factors that determine the success of the anti-tobacco campaign in sub-Saharan Af

Latest Results

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...

Latest Results

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...

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The documentary "Forward Home," produced as part of IDRC's Opportunities in CARICOM Migration : Brain Circulation, Diasporic Tourism, and Investment project, reveals the economic power of the Caribbean's overseas communities. The 30-minute...

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In a landmark report, Media piracy in emerging economies, authors and researchers argue that media piracy in emerging economies results from a combination of high prices for media goods, low incomes, and cheap digital technologies. CDs, DVDs...

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The Mediterranean is a global climate-change hotspot. Morocco's Mediterranean coast is particularly vulnerable due to the low-lying deltaic plain of the Moulouya River. Here, climate impacts could be disastrous given the river’s ecological and...
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