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Research in ActionGender Health EconomicsNew 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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BooksGovernance Social Policy Economics GenderReducing Urban Violence in the Global South: Towards Safe and Inclusive CitiesPublication Date
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Research in ActionHealth Economics Governance Social PolicyImproving occupational health with CAREX in Latin America and the Caribbean
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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 ActionEconomics Natural Resources Social Policy GenderExpanding business opportunities for African youth in agricultural value chains
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PerspectivesGender Economics DevelopmentPositioning women for success in the Blue EconomyWe must move beyond job creation for women to be successful in the Blue Economy.
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BooksEconomics GenderDigital Economies at Global Margins
In this book, contributors from a range of disciplines and locations investigate the impact of increased digital connectivity on the people and places at the world’s economic margins.
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Research in ActionGender EconomicsHarnessing the transformative potential of women’s financial inclusion
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StoryDevelopment Gender Social Policy EconomicsA good proposalChild marriage not only affects women’s health and education but also their economic empowerment.
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StoryDevelopment Gender Social Policy EconomicsThe village edgeShazia faces realities and challenges that are unique to rural Pakistan.
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StoryScience and Technology Health Natural Resources Governance Development EconomicsArtificial intelligence and human development
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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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BooksGovernance Social Policy Economics GenderSocial Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South: Towards Safe and Inclusive Cities
While cities often act as the engines of economic growth for developing countries, they are also frequently the site of growing violence, poverty, and inequality.
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