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ProjectNo relevant topicsIn an era of rapid change and increasing mistrust in institutions, open data and the surrounding communities that use it, are working to shift norms and culture to create dialogue and collaboration between governments, civil society and the private sector.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsCommunity access networks: how to connect the next billion to the InternetDespite recent progress with mobile technology diffusion, more than four billion people worldwide are unconnected and have limited access to global communication infrastructure.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsGrants and awards: Gender equality and scaling digital innovationWith the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) 2015–2030 agenda, promoting gender equality is central to global development policy and practice.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsHarnessing big data to meet the Sustainable Development Goals – Building capacity in the Global SouthLarge volumes of complex and variable data, often called big data, promise to improve government service delivery, complement official statistics, and facilitate development in sectors such as health, urban development, transportation, and humanitarian response.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsBuilding emerging leaders in communications policy in Africa and AsiaIn Africa and Asia, regulations governing communications are not designed to facilitate poverty reduction and economic growth.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsHarnessing the sharing economy in developing countriesDigital marketplace platforms like AirBnB and Uber, sometimes referred to as the sharing economy, have become an essential part of the digital economy in recent years.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsThe Alliance to Scale Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Seed Alliance)This project will support digital innovations that solve development challenges.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsImproving Internet Governance: Support to the Global Commission on Internet GovernanceThis project provides continued support to the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) to engage the developing world in important Internet governance discussions.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsProtecting Privacy in the Global South (Phase 2)This project builds on earlier support to a unique global research network of policy researchers, lawyers, and technical experts dedicated to improving privacy protection in the developing world.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsTTI Phase 2 Institutional Support: Institute for Social and Environmental Transition - NepalThis funding will enhance the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition - Nepal's (ISET-Nepal) role as a credible development partner by strengthening its ability to provide high-quality, influential, and policy-relevant research.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsGlobal Partnership on Open Data for DevelopmentOpen data can help governments, businesses, and organizations share huge amounts of information with the public that can be used and re-used for a variety of social and economic purposes.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsBuilding Research Capacity for Systematic ReviewsTechnology can be a crucial catalyst for improving people's lives in the developing world.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsDeveloping Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2)One of IDRC's main goals is ensuring that high-quality research contributes to change in policy and practice.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsUnderstanding Southern Influence in Cyberspace Security and Governance: Toward a Global Network of Southern-based Cyber ScholarsThe securitization of cyberspace - that is, making it a matter of national security - is perhaps the most important force shaping global communications today.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrengthening Equity through Applied Research Capacity Building in e-HealthThere exists limited understanding of how e-Health solutions are perceived, designed, implemented and used.
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BooksNo relevant topicsMaking Open Development Inclusive: Lessons from IDRC ResearchPublication Date
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BooksDevelopment Social Policy EnvironmentContextualizing Openness: Situating Open SciencePublication Date
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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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PerspectivesInformation and Communication GovernanceWhy IDRC won’t rush its open data policyNaser Faruqui argues the timing is not yet right for IDRC to pursue a mandatory open data policy.
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Research in ActionScience and Technology Information and CommunicationArtificial intelligence for development
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PerspectivesGovernance Social Policy HealthSupporting the next generation of think tank leadersEngaging young leaders is important for their own growth, and for richer discussion and collaboration.
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StoryScience and Technology Health Natural Resources Governance Development EconomicsArtificial intelligence and human development
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IDRC awardeesNo relevant topics
A first e-library in remote Nepali schools
A first e-library in remote Nepali schools
For 2017 IDRC Research Award Recipient Sujaya Neupane, carrying out fieldwork in Nepal was literally coming home. Neupane spent time in the remote western villages of Thapagaun and Jhimpa — his childhood home — to find ways of improving science education by using digital learning tools.
The quality of education is vastly different in Nepal’s rural and urban areas, he explains, leading to poor educational outcomes in rural schools. But with the advent of inexpensive technology and free multimedia resources, science teaching materials can be accessed at low cost, he says. His goal was to determine how sustainable digital libraries could be set up in rural schools.
“One can’t hope to educate young people today without computers,” says Neupane. “I used a Raspberry-pi computer board as a server with embedded open-source learning tools, including those provided by Khan Academy and Wikipedia. Tablets were used to access these materials wirelessly from the server,” he explains. The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost credit card-sized single board computer designed specifically to promote education.
A team of teachers-cum-researchers in two secondary schools worked with Neupane to establish a protocol for using the digital learning materials.
Establishing an e-library in Jhimpa has opened up sources of knowledge to students who never had access to a library before, says Neupane. He and the on-site research team are now exploring how to evaluate the impact on students’ learning when the project ends in mid-2018.
Of his IDRC experience, Neupane says “being able to go back and live in my village and conduct research in schools there jointly with the teachers was the most memorable,” says Neupane. “Through this experience I am determined to work to develop an education system in rural Nepal as a volunteer and independent researcher.”
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PerspectivesDevelopment HealthAchieving the health related SDGs — why we need major shifts in thinking