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Research in ActionDevelopment Environment Food and Agriculture Health GenderIDRC’s strategic investments are helping local researchers find innovative solutions to regional challenges while also supporting the Plan of Action to implement the Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Canada Enhanced Partnership (2021–2025).Date
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NewsDevelopment Health Information and CommunicationIMCHA Impact BriefsIMCHA is launching an impact brief series, highlighting success stories from the initiative.Date
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NewsDevelopment Health Information and CommunicationIMCHA Video Legacy SeriesIMCHA is sharing a series of videos that documents the research projects it funded and their impacts on the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa.Date
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Research in ActionSocial Policy DevelopmentPolicy-relevant lessons to help African youth develop workplace skillsYouth unemployment is a chronic problem across sub-Saharan Africa, where a large proportion of young people are unemployed and neither in training or gaining an education.
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Research in ActionEconomics Gender DevelopmentBetter tools for the private sector to measure what matters
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Research in ActionEconomics DevelopmentSoft skills and work-based learning to help youth find jobs
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PerspectivesHealth Governance DevelopmentChampions of evidence play a pivotal role in bridging research-to-policy gapCommunicating research evidence to key stakeholders is improving maternal and child health policies.
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Refugee women face daunting healthcare needs
Refugee women face daunting healthcare needs
Ruth Nara’s work as a 2017 IDRC Research Award Recipient “reinforced my passion for improving the health of the most vulnerable populations, including displaced women and children,” she says. “I am more than encouraged to continue contributing to reducing the systemic inequalities that affect access to health.”
During field studies in Kampala and the Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Nara sought to understand the reproductive health needs of Congolese refugees in Uganda, including maternal health and delivery care, contraception, and abortion and post-abortion care.
She found that maternal healthcare was inadequate: human resources were insufficient, facilities were poor, and medications were not always available. Women faced long waits to get care, sometimes resorting to offering bribes for services. Many faced discrimination when accessing services, and language barriers compounded these problems.
Nara believes that her research findings will ultimately contribute to policies and programs to improve reproductive health rights and services for conflict-affected populations in Uganda. The fieldwork, she says, “reminded me that I was in the right place and I should continue to be in this space.”
Equally important, it brought home “that the women I spoke with in this study are people, just like you and me. They’re not just numbers, they’re not just subjects, but they’re living, breathing people who have their human potential and deserve support and respect of their human rights.”
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StoryEconomics DevelopmentThe untold story: IDRC supported researchers transform economic policy in AfricaWhen Tony Muhumuza was appointed Uganda’s national economist for the United Nations Development Program, he was cognizant of the great responsibility that came with his new role.
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StoryEconomics Development Gender Information and CommunicationYoung, locally-trained economists guide Francophone Africa towards a more prosperous future
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Research in ActionHealth DevelopmentOpinion: Achieving real gender equality for adolescent healthThe world is now home to the greatest number of youth (aged 10–24) in history.
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Research in ActionDevelopment GenderRelease of BSR's "Child Labour in Myanmar's Garment Sector" ReportIDRC funds several projects that explore what drives child labour, including the newly released ‘Child labor in Myanmar’s Garment Sector’ report by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).Date
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics GenderEntrepreneurs could hold key to job creation in the Middle EastDespite reforms, labour markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been unable to absorb the growing number of job seekers. Women and educated youth are particularly vulnerable to high unemployment. However, data on entrepreneurship and the private enterprise sector in the region have been virtually non-existent.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics Development Social PolicyAging populations may improve the standard of livingRecent research has shown that worldwide population changes could increase economic growth and promote equity across generations. Researchers have developed a system to quantify economic flows across different age groups. These “National Transfer Accounts” measure how different generations produce, consume, share, and save resources.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics DevelopmentProviding jobs for the “missing middle” in IndiaWith steady economic growth throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, there seemed to be an abundance of jobs in India. Jobs were available in service industries like information technology and in the large-scale manufacturing operations of international companies. Despite these job opportunities, however, India had a growing number of unemployed, unskilled workers.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics DevelopmentZimbabwe’s data on poverty part of Southern African poverty reduction effortsZimbabwe continues to experience high levels of poverty and unemployment. IDRC is supporting the University of Zimbabwe’s Institute of Environmental Studies (IES) as it explores the multiple dimensions of the country’s challenges and generates debates and ideas for reconstruction and development. The project research team conducted a baseline survey on poverty, well-being, and inequality in Zimbabwe, and worked to build the capacity of the IES’s own researchers and their contribution to Zimbabwe’s recovery and growth.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics DevelopmentEntrepreneurship driving change and growth in sub-Saharan AfricaThe 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) sub-Saharan Africa Report — the first to examine entrepreneurial dynamics in the region — was launched in Lusaka, Zambia, on November 19, 2013.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics GenderHarnessing demographic change for economic growth in Africa
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Research in ActionGender Development EconomicsMini soap operas foster financial education and inclusion of women in Peru
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