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NewsGovernance Information and CommunicationIDRC is helping to connect experts from the Global South with Canadian changemakers working to defend democratic values at DemocracyXChange. IDRC’s sponsorship is bringing Southern voices to this annual summit for Canada’s democracy sector taking place in Toronto from April 11 to 13, 2024.Date
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NewsEducation Gender Governance Social PolicyThe 2023 Knowledge Marketplace: exchanging ideas to tackle crises in MyanmarKnowledge grows stronger when it is shared. With this maxim in mind, the Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar initiative, supported by IDRC and Global Affairs Canada, will bring together experts and other stakeholders for a three-day exchange of ideas for a more democratic future in Myanmar.Date
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Research in ActionHealth Food and Agriculture Natural ResourcesEngineering a vaccine against hemorrhagic septicemiaHemorrhagic septicemia, caused by the bacteria Pasteurella multocida, is an acute and often fatal bacterial disease that primarily affects cattle and buffaloes in Asian and African countries.
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Research in ActionHealth Food and Agriculture GovernanceFellowships to support women in veterinary vaccine scienceWomen in science are underrepresented on a global scale. According to data from the International Food Policy Research Institute, women account for only 27% of researchers in low and middle-income countries.
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PerspectivesGovernance Information and Communication Development Social Policy EducationA targeted response to the learning crisis: the GPE Knowledge and Innovation ExchangeSignificant progress is needed to improve education quality in developing countries.
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BooksDevelopment Information and Communication Governance EducationShadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher EducationPublication Date
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A first e-library in remote Nepali schools
A first e-library in remote Nepali schools
For 2017 IDRC Research Award Recipient Sujaya Neupane, carrying out fieldwork in Nepal was literally coming home. Neupane spent time in the remote western villages of Thapagaun and Jhimpa — his childhood home — to find ways of improving science education by using digital learning tools.
The quality of education is vastly different in Nepal’s rural and urban areas, he explains, leading to poor educational outcomes in rural schools. But with the advent of inexpensive technology and free multimedia resources, science teaching materials can be accessed at low cost, he says. His goal was to determine how sustainable digital libraries could be set up in rural schools.
“One can’t hope to educate young people today without computers,” says Neupane. “I used a Raspberry-pi computer board as a server with embedded open-source learning tools, including those provided by Khan Academy and Wikipedia. Tablets were used to access these materials wirelessly from the server,” he explains. The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost credit card-sized single board computer designed specifically to promote education.
A team of teachers-cum-researchers in two secondary schools worked with Neupane to establish a protocol for using the digital learning materials.
Establishing an e-library in Jhimpa has opened up sources of knowledge to students who never had access to a library before, says Neupane. He and the on-site research team are now exploring how to evaluate the impact on students’ learning when the project ends in mid-2018.
Of his IDRC experience, Neupane says “being able to go back and live in my village and conduct research in schools there jointly with the teachers was the most memorable,” says Neupane. “Through this experience I am determined to work to develop an education system in rural Nepal as a volunteer and independent researcher.”
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Research in ActionGovernance Information and CommunicationImproving the governance of cyberspace in the Global South
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StoryInformation and Communication Governance Development Gender Social PolicyProtecting digital rights in Pakistan
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Research in ActionGovernance Science and Technology GenderOpinion: Using digital tech to improve life for refugees
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Research in ActionInformation and Communication GovernanceDigital privacy in Asia: Setting the agendaIDRC-supported research has shown that, as more and more people go online in Asia, digital privacy is increasingly seen as an important political and consumer right. A survey of Asian countries revealed widespread concern among citizens about protecting their personal data and Internet privacy. The report, A New Dawn: Privacy in Asia, summarizes the findings of the research.Date
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Research in ActionInformation and Communication Health GovernanceFlexible intellectual property rights lead to greater innovation in Africa
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