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Mekong Economic Research Network (MERN)

The Greater Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam are among the lowest income countries in Asia. Although recent market-oriented reforms have greatly accelerated economic development in all

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Quality and Use of Rolling Project Completion Reports

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...


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...

Online community increases the capacity of rural radio

09/01/2012

Farm Radio International recently launched a new social media community for radio broadcasters. Known as Barza radio, it is a web-based meeting place where African broadcasters can seek advice, access and share content, meet colleagues from across...

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: Workshop on evaluation, a tool to improve public policy

06/10/2011

At the invitation of the Senegalese Evaluation Network (SenEval), 50 people gathered at the regional office of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Dakar, Senegal, on October 6, 2011. They discussed how to evaluate the...

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The Greater Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam are among the lowest income countries in Asia. Although recent market-oriented reforms have greatly accelerated economic development in all

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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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Climate change extremes such as flooding and seasonal drought are already undermining the economies of countries in the Horn of Africa, with agriculture and water resources being the most affected sec

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Recent policy initiatives suggest that efforts are underway to improve the traditionally limited support granted to science, technology and innovation (STI) activities in Peru. FORO Nacional/Internaci

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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 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...

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IDRC in the Public Policy Process: A Strategic Evaluation of the Influence of Research on Public Policy This study aims to clarify and document what the Centre means by "policy influence"; to examine more systematically the extent to which...

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IDRC commissions external program reviews toward the end of each program cycle. These final evaluations are our primary accountability mechanism in terms of the results, effectiveness, and relevance of program spending. External program reviews aim...

Latest Results

IDRC commissions external program reviews toward the end of each program cycle. These final evaluations are our primary accountability mechanism in terms of the results, effectiveness, and relevance of program spending. External program reviews aim...

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To prepare for the development of an IDRC corporate strategy for 2010-2015 we commissioned a review of five program evaluations to compare how programs performed in relation the commitments made in our previous corporate strategy. In examining...
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