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Open Business Models: New Compensation Mechanisms for Creativity and Inclusion

The tension between digital changes in creative industries and the need to support new business and economic inclusion in developing countries poses particular challenges for intellectual property rig

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Canada-Africa grants spur novel ideas, networks

Short-term collaborations between Canadian and African researchers has generated compelling results on such pressing issues as maternal and child health, climate change impacts, and alternative energy sources. The Canada Africa Research Exchange...

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IDRC grantee receives Partners in Research National Award

06/05/2013

Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert is the 2013 recipient of the Partners in Research (PIR) Technology Ambassador Award. This award recognizes Deibert’s contributions to enhancing public understanding of the benefits of communications research and...

IDRC in the News – Funding research that improves food security

06/05/2013

The launch of a second phase of project funding under the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund, a joint IDRC–Canadian International Development Agency initiative, was featured in a number of media outlets: The Toronto Star and...

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IDRC panel on entrepreneurship at the Canadian Science Policy Conference 2012

07/11/2012

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) program, supported by IDRC's Supporting Inclusive Growth program, will be the focus of the “Entrepreneurship as a Vehicle for Innovation” panel at the Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) in Calgary...

Highlight: New research network fosters innovation in Africa

05/06/2012

Universities and science granting councils in Sub-Saharan Africa have joined forces in a new research network to promote innovation. They aim to engage broad sections of society in creating opportunities that can help reduce poverty. ...

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Open Business Models: New Compensation Mechanisms for Creativity and Inclusion

Universities in Innovation for Inclusive Development: Africa

Research on Innovation Systems and Social Inclusion in Emerging Economies and Beyond: RISSI at BRICS+

Peer-to-Peer Mentoring of Science Journalists in Asia and Latin America-SjCOOP III

Collaboration for Health Systems Analysis and Innovation (CHESAI)

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Universities in Innovation for Inclusive Development: Africa

A new research network will explore how African universities can help innovation thrive on the continent. This research will explore the extent to which universities encourage innovations that enha

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Research on Innovation Systems and Social Inclusion in Emerging Economies and Beyond: RISSI at BRICS+

How can science, technology, and innovation contribute to poverty reduction and inclusive development, especially in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, otherwise known as the BRICS countr

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Peer-to-Peer Mentoring of Science Journalists in Asia and Latin America-SjCOOP III

Some 150 journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean and Southeast Asia are upgrading their skills as science reporters through IDRC support. Since 2006, IDRC has supported the Science Journalis

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Collaboration for Health Systems Analysis and Innovation (CHESAI)

Adding a social science perspective to the field of health policy and systems research can help developing countries address health problems in a more comprehensive way. In recent years professional

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Canada-Africa grants spur novel ideas, networks

Innovative grants program teams up Canadian and Latin American researchers

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

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Innovative grants program teams up Canadian and Latin American researchers

Canadian and Latin American researchers are jointly pursuing knowledge in a variety of disciplines, generating ideas and building international networks. For example, in Colombia, researchers from Simon Fraser University and the Centro Internacional...

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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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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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