Consumer Unity &Trust Society (CUTS International) is an international research, advocacy and networking organization based in India, with resource centres in Kenya, Viet Nam, the United Kingdom and Zambia.
Corruption presents a major challenge to democratic oversight of public finance and development in general.
Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA), a program is supported by IDRC and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), supports three kinds of activity: research, capacity building and networking.
In most South Asian contexts, formal and informal legal systems exist in parallel with overlapping powers. The informal judicial system, or customary practice, often guards the boundaries within which people interact with one another.
Between 1965 and 2000, about 12% of the Caribbean labour force moved to Canada and other developed countries, making the Caribbean the largest per capita source of emigrants in the world.
Over the past decade, television broadcasting has become central in shaping public attitudes in the Middle East.
While India is rapidly gaining popularity as a destination for world-class health care, the state of maternal health in the country reflects poorly on public health priorities.
The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) has entered into a partnership with IDRC's Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) program area in support of research that improves livelihood
Many European and North American governments are committed to promoting political reform and better governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
IDRC has invested in the development of three regional networks focused on issues of inclusive information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation: Latin America - REDIS/DIRSI (103371), Asia - LIRNEAsia (103017).