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IDRC helps researchers and innovators in West and Central Africa find new ways to improve health, reduce poverty, and promote democracy. Our regional office in Dakar, Senegal coordinates our work in 24 countries, with support to nearly 100 institutions.

In addition to the research we support, our office also runs parallel activities such as:

exploring shifting trends in the region
developing new partnerships
disseminating information
communicating with development partners

Since 2001, IDRC’s Regional Council of Advisors for West and Central Africa — composed of high-level local experts — has helped guide our programming in the region.

Latest Project

Mapping Criminal Governance in African Cities

This grant will allow the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), through its Organized Crime and Money Laundering Programme (OCML), to explore the causal links between weak state authority and the emer

Latest Result

Managing waste and water in Cameroon

Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, is the home of almost 2 million people. Many of the poorest live in unplanned and under-serviced slums. An IDRC-supported project used an ecohealth approach to development in 12 neighbourhoods struggling with...

News

Under the Maple Tree

14/02/2012

A new series of development debates in Senegal and West and Central Africa Canada’s ambassador to Senegal, Perry Calderwood, has opened his residence to a series of debates on development issues. Organized in collaboration with IDRC, these...

Workshop focuses on labour market issues research in West and Central Africa

26/09/2011

Labour Markets in West and Central Africa – WACALAMWorkshop for an action-oriented research agenda with private sector involvement Dakar, Senegal September 22-23, 2011 On Friday September 23, Senegal’s Minister of Labour, the Honourable...

Events

IDRC partner to host Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa

01/07/2012

The University of Ghana’s Regional Institute for Population Studies will host the Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa July 1-4, 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The conference theme is “At the crossroads: Climate change, population, and Africa’s...

Highlight: Workshop focuses on harmonizing labour market information systems in Africa

24/11/2011

How to strengthen labour market information systems was the focus of a workshop held on November 24-26, 2011 in Dakar, Senegal. The goal: to build the capacity to provide comparable, up-to-date, accurate and relevant data to guide the formulation...

Latest Projects

Mapping Criminal Governance in African Cities

Latest Projects

Méthod(e)s: African Review of Social Science Methodology

Méthod(e)s: African Review of Social Science Methodology is an international journal which aims to provide a permanent forum for discussion of the various aspects of social science research as practic

Latest Projects

Final Evaluation of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Program

The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Program (CCAA) research and capacity development program was launched in 2006 as a jointly funded initiative of IDRC and the United Kingdom Department for Inter

Latest Projects

West and Central African Labour Markets - WACALAM

The recent economic crisis illustrates the need for more inclusive growth around the world. For unskilled labour-intensive economies such as those of West and Central Africa, the crisis simply aggrava

Latest Projects

Support to TTI Grantees to attend Impact Evaluation Training Workshop

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has provided the National University of La Plata, Argentina, with a grant to evaluate the UNICEF-supported Community-Led Total Sanitation intervention in Mali. Whil

Latest Results

Managing waste and water in Cameroon

Latest Results

Negotiating Openness: Lessons from AfricaAdapt

Climate change adaptation must be informed by different types of knowledge, both scientific and "traditional," from various fields and disciplines. But what happens when such diverse perspectives coalesce? How can researchers create...

Latest Results

Climate impacts, forest-dependent rural livelihoods and adaptation strategies in Africa: A review

The livelihoods of more than half of Africa’s fast-growing population rely directly and indirectly on forests. Already faced with poverty and limited economic development, Africa is now confronted with the uncertainty of climate change, which could...

Latest Results

How can Political and Administrative Authorities Contribute to Local Community Adaptation to Climate Change in Benin?

Benin has moved toward the decentralization of state power and the active involvement of local communities. The community is now the institutional locus for the exercise of local democracy and governance, through the participation of its citizens...

Latest Results

A Regional Observatory for Producers’ Climate Change Adaptation in Thies, Senegal

In the region of Thies, climate change and variability have a strong impact on the vulnerability of rural households. Meteorological and agricultural advisory information is produced by different stakeholders, but for individuals and households...

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