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...
Over the past 50 years, floods and drought have severely affected lives and livelihoods across the Western Argentinean Pampas, a vast plain of cropland and pasture. Climate change is expected to bring more frequent extreme weather events to the...
IDRC-funded researchers are improving the lives of thousands of malnourished families in Malawi.With more than 10 years of experience in the region, the Soils, Food and Healthy Communities project is increasing food security and improving child...
Can action research create participatory spaces for the resolution of environmental problems? How can governments and residents work together to provide environmental services? How does the political context impede or promote these efforts? This...
Moreno, located 37 km west of the city of Buenos Aires, covers an area of 186 km². Made up of some 156 neighbourhoods divided within six urban districts, Moreno is considered one of the poorest municipalities in the Greater Buenos Aires Area. Close...
More than 8 million people live in the Lima Callao Metropolitan Area – one-third of the country’s population. This population increased 12-fold between 1940 and 2005, leading to chaotic land occupation through a horizontal, primarily informal...
Poverty and social disadvantage provide fertile ground for the proliferation of informal occupations that yield barely subsistence-level incomes. In Cochabamba, Bolivia, garbage separation is a relatively old informal occupation, dating back 30 or...
With a population of approximately 647,000[1], Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. The level of water and sanitation coverage in urban areas in Sri Lanka is relatively high with a reported coverage of 98% for improved...