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Research in ActionEconomicsBoosting youth employment in Africa during and after the COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic affects workers of all ages, but youth are disproportionately at economic risk.
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Research in ActionGender Health EconomicsAnti-poverty programs can also champion gender equalityNew research is identifying how anti-poverty programs can also address gender barriers to elicit transformative and lasting effects on the lives of the poor.
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Research in ActionEconomics Gender DevelopmentBetter tools for the private sector to measure what matters
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Research in ActionEconomics DevelopmentSoft skills and work-based learning to help youth find jobs
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PerspectivesGovernance Information and Communication Development Social Policy EducationA targeted response to the learning crisis: the GPE Knowledge and Innovation ExchangeSignificant progress is needed to improve education quality in developing countries.
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Research in ActionGender Governance EconomicsImproving job prospects for women: evidence for positive changeWhy labour markets are failing women — and what might improve their work opportunities.
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PerspectivesGender EconomicsOrganizational Learning on Gender: Lessons and ReflectionsGender equality is of as much concern today as it was in 1995, when the United Nations adopted the Beijing Platform for Action, a blueprint for advancing women’s rights.
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Research in ActionGender EconomicsHarnessing the transformative potential of women’s financial inclusion
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Research in ActionEconomics Social Policy EvaluationRevitalizing skills training and education for youth
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Entrepreneurship draws Southeast Asia’s youth
Entrepreneurship draws Southeast Asia’s youth
Jonathan De LucaResearch Awards2017“The top priority for youth in Myanmar and Vietnam isn’t a high salary,” says Jonathan de Luca, 2017 IDRC Research Award Recipient. “It’s adequate health, being able to spend time with family, and to develop and use skills.”
This finding suggests that policymakers and business leaders don’t understand the needs of young
women and men, he says. “Interviews with policymakers and business leaders show that they believe that providing better paying work is sufficient.”
De Luca’s research focused on youth livelihoods in medium-sized cities of the Greater Mekong sub-region. “Dawei in Myanmar and Quy Nhon in Vietnam are experiencing rapid economic development as a result of export-oriented industrialization and manufacturing,” he says. Despite the steady jobs this industrialization creates, he found that young people are much more interested in self-employment because of the freedom and autonomy it affords them.
De Luca confesses that “I really had no idea how everything would come together until a month into the analysis phase where I took a step back and thought “Ah-hah! This actually is telling a really interesting story!”
“I can’t forget that my research exists only because there were young people in Vietnam and Myanmar who wanted to talk to me about the issues that affect them and tell me about their aspirations and hopes for life and work in the future,” he says. “I not only owe it to them for helping me to complete my research, but I also owe it to them to have my work contribute to some change in this world.”
“So even though my year at IDRC is over, I’m going to take this research with me and try and help it to influence something in some way.”
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Research in ActionEconomics Environment GenderClimate change, mobility, and women’s economic empowerment in Pakistan
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StoryEconomics GovernanceCourts — not kinship — offer greater opportunity for South Asian entrepreneurs
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PerspectivesEconomics GenderExpanding women’s financial inclusion: A win-win for women and financial institutions
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StoryEconomics DevelopmentThe untold story: IDRC supported researchers transform economic policy in AfricaWhen Tony Muhumuza was appointed Uganda’s national economist for the United Nations Development Program, he was cognizant of the great responsibility that came with his new role.
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StoryEconomics Development Gender Information and CommunicationYoung, locally-trained economists guide Francophone Africa towards a more prosperous future
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