This project aims to promote health and sustainable development in Africa and the Middle East by building the capacity of the media to inform public opinion and promote evidence-based policymaking.
The Arab World currently faces unprecedented socioeconomic and political problems on the domestic front, and serious security challenges on the international front.
Although information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly available in the Caribbean, the health care culture tends toward traditional, paper-based, labour-intensive mechanisms.
Large-scale diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have opened up many opportunities for people with disabilities, such as building solidarity, pursuing employment and achieving independent living.
This project seeks to foster an inclusive knowledge society by building capacity to apply information and communication technology (ICT) to human, social and economic development in the Middle East, specifically Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine (West Ba
The Internet is often seen to be both an enabler and an equalizer, because it allows citizens a means to discuss their regions and businesses, to voice their concerns and to connect to the people they care about.
Launched in 2003, Research ICT Africa (RIA) has successfully conducted demand- and supply-side studies with a view to better understanding information and communication technology (ICT) access and usage in Africa.
IDRC's Expert and Advisory Fund (EASF) aimed to support Canada's role in the multilateral peace process in the Middle East focusing on the issue of Palestinian refugees.
Over the past decade, television broadcasting has become central in shaping public attitudes in the Middle East.
In 2006 IDRC's telecentre.org commissioned a survey entitled, Telecentre Scoping Study in North Africa and the Middle East (103537), the first of its kind in the region.