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EventsHealth Social Policy GovernanceHarnessing data for women's empowerment
Registering women's births, marriages, and deaths is critical to advancing women's rights.
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NewsDevelopment Health Information and CommunicationIMCHA Video Legacy SeriesIMCHA is sharing a series of videos that documents the research projects it funded and their impacts on the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa.Date
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EventsHealth Social PolicyWebinar: Lessons learned from the research and policy dimensions of maternal, newborn, and child health
What lessons can we learn from implementation research to improve maternal and child health in Africa?
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsGovernance challenges in addressing climatic concerns in Coastal Asia and AfricaPublication Date
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ProjectNo relevant topicsAI4D scholarships managerThe Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) in Africa program is dedicated to a future where Africans create and use artificial intelligence (AI) to lead healthier, happier, and greener lives.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsCatalyzing an ecosystem of AI for development-oriented entrepreneurs and innovatorsEvery day, Africa’s burgeoning community of data scientists, machine learning specialists, and researchers is exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute to tackling local challenges south of the Sahara.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsSupporting parenting care/childcare facilities in markets to reduce unpaid care work for vulnerable businesswomen in UgandaWith support from the African Development Bank, the Ugandan government has launched a flagship initiative — the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP) — aimed at establishing organized markets with registered vendors to enhance trading opportunities between rural and urban markets, including value addition.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsDeveloping responsible African AI policy environments: Policy Centre IIThe aim of this initiative is to ensure that policymakers have access to timely, high-quality policy research to support decision-making on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) policy issues.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrategies to prevent sexual and gender-based violence and foster equity in rural schoolsDiscrimination related to sexual orientation and gender is one of the most significant problems in school systems in Latin America.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsThe Forum of African Women Educationalists’ gender-sensitive school model as an innovative response to the challenge of gender equalityAccessing, completing, and succeeding in school have been a major challenges for girls in Africa.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsImproving community teacher development in the digital eraIn sub-Saharan Africa, many teachers receive very little initial training and a large proportion of them do not have adequate in-service professional development.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsDigital adaptations for effective and inclusive distance learning in rural communities in Honduras and NicaraguaThe Latin American and the Caribbean region faces an educational crisis due to very high levels of inequality.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsAdapting and scaling peer tutoring for teachers and school leaders for equitable rural educationInequalities in Honduras and Nicaragua’s education systems are linked with poor teacher professional development and the need for school principals, headmasters, and school leaders to be better equipped to promote and implement innovative approaches at school.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrengthening bilingual and multilingual learning systems in Francophone AfricaIn Africa, and more particularly in French-speaking Africa, most children learn in multilingual educational environments.
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NewsNo relevant topicsCOVID-19 Recovery: IDRC joins the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) for Social Sciences and Humanities in a new call for fundingAs part of our efforts to mobilize alliances and address COVID-19 recovery, IDRC is working with the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) for Social Sciences and Humanities to address key gaps in our understanding of the societal effects of the pandemic.Date
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BooksEconomicsFormal and Informal Enterprises in Francophone Africa: Moving Toward a Vibrant Private Sector
While the duality of African economies is well recognized in economic literature, only a few comprehensive studies have examined the formal and informal economies using the same instruments.
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BooksNo relevant topicsWomen’s Economic Empowerment: Insights from Africa and South Asia
This book examines women’s economic empowerment in a range of developing country contexts, investigating the societal structures and norms which keep women from achieving economic equality.
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NewsDevelopment Health Economics Social Policy GovernanceIDRC to support research chairs on forced displacementIDRC has launched a call for proposals from universities in the Middle East and East Africa to establish research chairs on forced displacement.Date
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsA survey of climate-related risks to rearing fish in pondsPublication Date
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsImpact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in Bangladesh : findings from the ADB RETA-6515 study; summary brief
The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) analysis reveals that treating children at government health facilities was almost twice as expensive as by private doctors.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsGénéral Lamine Cissé : security, achievement of life
From 1998 to 2000, General Lamine Cissé was the Senegalese Minister of lnterior.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsImpact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in the Lao People's Democratic Republic : evidence from the Lao expenditure and consumption survey 2007–2008
Women and children are inadequately covered by basic healthcare services.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsImpact of out-of-pocket expenditures on poverty and inequalities in use of maternal and child health services in Bangladesh : evidence from the household income and expenditure surveys 2000-2010; country brief
Reduced reporting and responsiveness to illness by poorer mothers is common in many countries, and can be linked to lower levels of health awareness among the poor, combined with less education and
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