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Research in ActionEconomics Social Policy Governance GenderKnowledge provides alternatives to a life of crime for urban youthAn in-depth look at youth violence points to a variety of solutions to prevent crime, including mental health support, building community trust, keeping kids in school, and creating job opportunities.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics Development Social Policy EvaluationFrom learning to policy-oriented research: Lessons from South Africa’s urban violence project
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Research in ActionSocial Policy Development Economics GenderOlder women play predominant role in building social ties and preventing violence through Community Work Programme
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Research in ActionEconomics GovernanceCommunity Work Programme has positive and negative effects on social bonds in South African communitiesThe investigation by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) focused on the CWP, a poverty reduction plan that provides two days of work per week to under-employed South Africans.
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Research in ActionSocial Policy Economics Development GenderIDRC, Carlos Slim Foundation team up to reduce youth violenceHomicide rates have skyrocketed among young people in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico—especially among youth between the ages of 15 to 24, when they should be finishing high school and entering the workforce.
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Research in ActionEconomics GenderHighlight: Youth summit in Senegal on unemployment and insecurityAn international forum for Francophone youth was held in Dakar, Senegal in mid-October, ahead of the 15th Sommet de la Francophonie to be held November 29-30, 2014. Some 250 youth debated their own futures during the two-day event organized by Senegal’s Ministry of Youth, Employment, and Promotion of Civic Values, and the National Youth Council of Senegal (NYCS), in partnership with the Initiative prospective agricole et rurale. IDRC supported the forum.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics GenderHighlight: Youth (Un)Employment: Global problems meet local solutionsIDRC and Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) partnered to spark discussion on global youth unemployment at a panel hosted by the University of Ottawa in October. The panellists shed some light on the dynamics of youth employment in Canada and in the developing world.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics Gender Social PolicyCreating opportunities for youth in East AfricaThe East African Community's young people are finding it increasingly difficult to find decent employment.Date
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics Environment Food and Agriculture Governance Health Information and Communication Natural Resources Science and TechnologyInnovative grants program teams up Canadian and Latin American researchersCanadian and Latin American researchers are jointly pursuing knowledge in a variety of disciplines, generating ideas and building international networks.Date
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics Natural Resources Food and Agriculture Health Science and TechnologyCanada-Africa grants spur novel ideas, networksShort-term collaborations between Canadian and African researchers has generated compelling results on such pressing issues as maternal and child health, climate change impacts, and alternative energy sources. The Canada Africa Research Exchange Grants (CAREG) program fostered collaborations between researchers in seven African countries and counterparts at universities in Ontario, Québec, and Manitoba. Managed by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) with financial support from IDRC, CAREG set out to strengthen international partnerships and emerging networks involving African and Canadian academic researchers.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics EnvironmentExploring how the carbon market could work for the poorPoor communities rarely benefit from global emissions trading schemes, because of the high transaction costs of participation. However, the registration of small community-scale projects to the carbon market through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) might be a way for low-income communities to profit from their efforts to reduce emissions.Date
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics GenderEntrepreneurs could hold key to job creation in the Middle EastDespite reforms, labour markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been unable to absorb the growing number of job seekers. Women and educated youth are particularly vulnerable to high unemployment. However, data on entrepreneurship and the private enterprise sector in the region have been virtually non-existent.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics Development Social PolicyAging populations may improve the standard of livingRecent research has shown that worldwide population changes could increase economic growth and promote equity across generations. Researchers have developed a system to quantify economic flows across different age groups. These “National Transfer Accounts” measure how different generations produce, consume, share, and save resources.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics DevelopmentProviding jobs for the “missing middle” in IndiaWith steady economic growth throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, there seemed to be an abundance of jobs in India. Jobs were available in service industries like information technology and in the large-scale manufacturing operations of international companies. Despite these job opportunities, however, India had a growing number of unemployed, unskilled workers.Date
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Research in ActionGender Economics Health Social PolicyUgandan-Canadian partnership advances research on disability studiesIn Uganda, statistics show that 20% of the country’s population has some form of physical disability. Despite these numbers, little research has been conducted to provide a window into the lives of people with disabilities. Without formal research and concrete data, a knowledge gap exists that hinders disabled peoples’ organizations in Uganda from effectively advocating on behalf of and providing the appropriate services and supports.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics Social Policy GenderBalancing competitiveness and equity in the garment industryA new study comparing the garment-export industries in Honduras and Nicaragua challenges the conventional wisdom that competing on the basis of cheap labour is the only option for poor garment-producing countries.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics GenderSupporting leaders to enhance women's empowerment in Latin AmericaThree years ago, Susana Martinez-Restrepo, a young Colombian researcher finishing her PhD studies, was invited to join and coordinate a regional project titled: Beyond Social Protection: Labour Markets, Entrepreneurship, and Gender Equality. Supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the project uses evidence to enhance the impact of social protection programs for the most vulnerable, and in particular, women.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics Governance Health Social PolicyExploring new ways to extend equity, access to health care in AfricaFor more than a decade, IDRC’s Governance for Equity in Health Systems program has supported researchers and health reformers in their efforts to strengthen health systems and find health financing solutions that reflect local needs and priorities in low- and middle-income countries.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics DevelopmentZimbabwe’s data on poverty part of Southern African poverty reduction effortsZimbabwe continues to experience high levels of poverty and unemployment. IDRC is supporting the University of Zimbabwe’s Institute of Environmental Studies (IES) as it explores the multiple dimensions of the country’s challenges and generates debates and ideas for reconstruction and development. The project research team conducted a baseline survey on poverty, well-being, and inequality in Zimbabwe, and worked to build the capacity of the IES’s own researchers and their contribution to Zimbabwe’s recovery and growth.Date
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Research in ActionEnvironment EconomicsNigerian forest communities act to reduce carbon emissionsAn IDRC-funded research project helped forest communities in Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria, identify the conditions necessary for programs to successfully reduce carbon emissions in their communities. The study was also a means to inform local decision-makers about what communities needed to improve their livelihoods in a sustainable way.Date
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Research in ActionEconomicsInfluencing parliamentary debate on labour policy in UruguayThe IDRC-supported “Labour markets for inclusive growth” project, coordinated by the Centre for Distributive Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS) at Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina, is generating rigorous and policy-relevant evidence on how labour markets and social protection work in Latin America — and what that means for growth and inclusion.Date
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Research in ActionGovernance Economics Social PolicySafe and Inclusive Cities: A key entry point to addressing fragilityAround the world, urban growth is booming.
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Research in ActionEconomics DevelopmentEntrepreneurship driving change and growth in sub-Saharan AfricaThe 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) sub-Saharan Africa Report — the first to examine entrepreneurial dynamics in the region — was launched in Lusaka, Zambia, on November 19, 2013.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics GenderHarnessing demographic change for economic growth in Africa