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Mozambique Science, Technology and Innovation Review

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Mozambique Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to govern the country's science, technology and innovation (STI) system, and of researchers and

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Meet two rural innovators

Rural technological innovations can improve lives. This 5-minute video shows two cases of innovations that have spread far and wide. The interviews were filmed during an international meeting of innovators on November 8-10, 2011 in Lima, Peru...

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Flattening the World: IDRC at AAAS

20/03/2012

IDRC participated in the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) annual meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia in February. The AAAS is the world’s largest association of scientists and engineers; this year’s theme was...

Pratap Bhanu Mehta wins 2011 Infosys Prize

21/02/2012

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...

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IDRC at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

16/02/2012

February 16 – 20, 2012Canada is hosting the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting in Vancouver, BC. This is the first time in 30 years that Canada has hosted this meeting, one of the most widely recognized global...

ICTD2012: IDRC supports Southern scholars

12/03/2012

IDRC is helping to ensure a wide diversity of voices, particularly from developing countries, at the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2012). Through a peer mentorship program...

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Mozambique Science, Technology and Innovation Review

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Universities and Councils Network on Innovation for Inclusive Development in Southeast Asia

The recently completed IDRC-supported project, 104904 Science and Technology Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid (Southeast Asia), supported research on pro-poor innovations in Southeast Asia. Buil

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Supporting the Knowledge, Innovation and Development Program at FORO Nacional/Internacional, Peru

Recent policy initiatives suggest that efforts are underway to improve the traditionally limited support granted to science, technology and innovation (STI) activities in Peru. FORO Nacional/Internaci

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Ecology of Access to Educational Material in Developing World Universities

The longstanding crisis of the developing world library is coming to an end, but not in the way most observers anticipated. Resource scarcity, limited holdings and poor infrastructure remain the norm.

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Adding A2K Principles to the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection

The United Nations (UN) Guidelines for Consumer Protection, passed in 1985, were intended as a set of standards for good practices in consumer protection, particularly for developing countries. The UN

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Meet two rural innovators

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Many Jobs, Few Opportunities: Can Uneven Growth Help India's Poor?

THE EVIDENCE: India’s labour force is fast approaching half a billion people, with about 8 million people added every year between the early 1990s and 2004-2005. Research conducted for the IDRC project “Globalization, Labour Markets and Inequality...

IDRC funds researchers in the developing world so they can build healthier, more prosperous societies

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