From time to time, our funded researchers, partner institutions, and others publish books about the projects we fund. As a specialist in development literature, IDRC supports these publications because they add to the body of development research knowledge.
 
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Fighting Eviction: Tribal land rights and research-in-action

A new book, Fighting Eviction, tells the story of the Katkari, one of the poorest of India’s 600 tribes, and their struggle to remain in hamlets they have occupied for generations near Mumbai.   In recent years, rising land values near India’s...

Financing health in Latin America: Household spending and impoverishment

One of the most serious challenges facing health systems in lower- and middle-income countries is establishing efficient, fair, and sustainable financing mechanisms that offer universal coverage. In Latin America, a region long characterized by...

Sénégal : Les femmes rurales à l’épreuve d’une citoyenneté foncière

Women in Senegal face many challenges in their struggles to access agricultural land and excercise their rights as citizens. A recently published book, Sénégal : Les femmes rurales à l’épreuve d’une citoyenneté foncière, explores these issues from...

Pathways out of Poverty: Innovating with the BoP in Southeast Asia

A water purification system for houseboats in Vietnam; a solar-powered hand pump in Indonesia; a floating community waste management system in Cambodia: these are just three of 26 innovations arising from the IDRC-supported Science & Technology...

Migration, livelihoods, and natural resources

The flow of migrants and remittances are reshaping rural landscapes in profound ways. Migración, medios de vida rurales y manejo de recursos naturales (English title: Migration, Livelihoods, and Natural Resources) reveals how migration is affecting...

ICTs helping communities adapt to water stress

The potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to help communities adapt to climate change is increasingly recognized. This book investigates that potential in the water sector. It includes theoretical considerations for project...

Competition Law in Action: Experiences from Developing Countries

Since the early 1990s, the number of competition authorities has increased markedly around the world, particularly in transition and developing economies. These young institutions have faced many challenges, and experienced successes and failures...

Competition Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements: How to Assure Development Gains

This publication focuses on competition issues in South-South regional trade agreements (RTAs), dealing with cross-regional, regional and sector-specific experiences. It addresses issues and makes recommendations of relevance to competition...

Competition, Competitiveness and Development: Lessons from Developing Countries

For nearly four decades, UNCTAD has been dealing with the issue of anti-competitive or restrictive business practices. As evidenced by the rapidly growing number of countries involved in the preparation, adoption and implementation of competition...

The Consumer Guide to Competition:
A Practical Handbook

  This handbook, aimed at informing consumer organisations and advocates, explores the range of issues that competition analysis can cover and points out potential problem areas for those representing the consumer interest in competition cases. It...

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