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IDRC-supported research chairs will connect the lived realities of displaced people with policymaking to achieve durable solutions.

New briefs review opportunities for women’s economic empowerment in five East African countries.

Five recently funded projects will examine the impact of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa.

Maternal death rates in sub-Saharan Africa have dropped almost 40% since 2000, yet the region still has the highest number of maternal deaths, at 533 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The COVID-19 pandemic affects workers of all ages, but youth are disproportionately at economic risk.

Physical distancing and economic lockdowns to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have altered everyday life and how people interact around the world.

The outbreak of COVID-19 highlights the importance of a rapid response to infectious diseases in a highly interconnected world.

Youth unemployment is a chronic problem across sub-Saharan Africa, where a large proportion of young people are unemployed and neither in training or gaining an education.

IDRC invests in evidence, innovations, and policies to improve health and prevent chronic diseases through healthier food systems in low- and middle-income countries—more than CA$20 million in support of over 35 projects.

In Central America’s Northern Triangle, a region plagued by gang violence and branded one of the most violent in the world, Glasswing International is tackling the complex factors associated with youth, violence, and poverty.

CultiAF aims to scale up successes from the partnership’s first phase and develop new climate-resilient and gender-responsive innovations for smallholder farmers.

Pro-poor business model brings locally produced probiotic yogurt to 258,000 East Africans.

Local business solutions are combating vitamin A deficiency and spurring economic growth in rural areas.

What the Global South’s most comprehensive mobile and Internet use database says about gender.

Economically empowering women demands much more than simply increasing their participation in labour markets.