In Africa, large-scale land deals can bring benefits such as jobs, market access, and infrastructure, but they can also dispossess people of land and other resources and spark conflict over economic benefits. Part of the problem is that land deals...
IDRC and the UK Department for International Development are funding a new research on inclusive growth and employment. The Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment (PAGE) initiative, launched in Dakar in September, will be led by the Partnership...
Strengthening Research Capacity for Governance and Security in sub-Saharan Africa
The UN-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) has awarded 15 new fellowships to African graduate students to undertake doctoral research in sub-Saharan universities...
Several of the six new projects receiving funding from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund, a joint IDRC-Canadian International Development Agency effort, were featured in various media outlets:
The Vancouver Sun and The...
Former IDRC governor Pratap Bhanu Mehta has received the prestigious 2011 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences – Political Science in recognition of his contributions to Indian public policy and international relations. Dr Mehta served on IDRC’s Board...
IDRC President David Malone gave a talk, titled “Outsider’s Perspectives on Soft Power in Indian Foreign Policy,” at the International Centre Goa in Dona Paula, India. In a working paper on the topic published by the National University of...
In August 2011, the University of Winnipeg launched a two-year Master’s in Development Practice (MDP) program focusing on Indigenous development. The university is one of 22 worldwide invited by the John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation and the...
IDRC President David Malone’s essay on India’s “soft power” foreign policy and how it shapes the country’s relationship with its Asian neighbours was published in the Economic and Political Weekly – India. Malone addresses the emergence of the...
Starting in 2011, note that all award applications must be sent electronically.IDRC offers these awards annually to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing master’s or doctoral studies at a Canadian...
The first Human Development Report, released in 1990, began with a simple, yet ground-breaking sentence: “People are the real wealth of a nation.”The 2010 report borrows its name from that idea and offers a retrospective of the two decades of the...