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NewsInformation and Communication“Rethinking Partnership Paradigms in Global Health” is the theme of the Canadian Conference on Global Health 2021 (CCGH 2021) taking place from November 24 to 26. It will be a hybrid event with most attendees attending virtually and small in-person sessions at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa.Date
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Research in ActionHealth Information and CommunicationMaternal and child health goes digitalIMCHA-funded research has shown that mobile technology can be a game changer in the way maternal and child healthcare is delivered in remote areas.
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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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EventsHealth Social PolicyWebinar: Lessons learned from the research and policy dimensions of maternal, newborn, and child health
What lessons can we learn from implementation research to improve maternal and child health in Africa?
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PerspectivesSocial Policy Gender Health GovernanceNobel winners shine light on experiment-based policymakingThe 2019 Nobel Prize winners in Economic Sciences showed how evidence-based experiments can help improve the impact of international assistance.
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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 ActionHealth Governance Social PolicyGetting there: Overcoming barriers to safe motherhood in Ethiopia
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Research in ActionHealth Economics Governance Social PolicyImproving occupational health with CAREX in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Research in ActionGender Governance Social PolicyUnspoken barriers constrain women’s economic opportunities
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PerspectivesNatural Resources Social Policy Health Evaluation GovernanceLeaving no one behind: Principles for research in fragile contextsDespite the challenges, research in fragile contexts must put people’s needs at the centre.
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Research in ActionScience and Technology Information and CommunicationArtificial intelligence for development
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Research in ActionGender Governance Social Policy HealthThe power of collective action to achieve gender equality
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Research in ActionEconomics Social Policy EvaluationRevitalizing skills training and education for youth
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IDRC awardeesNo relevant topics
ICT innovation needs solid relationships
ICT innovation needs solid relationships
“It looks obvious,” says 2017 IDRC Research Award Recipient Victor Oteku, “but the importance of personal connections is very strong in establishing partnerships for technological innovation in Kenya.” Working in IDRC’s Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa, Oteku’s research sought to uncover socio-political and economic factors that shape partnerships for technological innovation in Kenya.
Oteku chose the information and communication technology sector for his study because of its high value to innovation and its contributions to growth in other sectors. The Kenyan government is also focusing on scientific and technological innovation in its long-term development plan, he says.
“Partnerships are mutual and synergetic collaborations geared toward a common goal,” says Oteku. The online survey he conducted showed that economic factors had the biggest influence on partnerships. Interviews and focus group discussions, however, “suggested that socio-cultural factors had a stronger influence.” Personal relationships, in particular, can determine success or failure. He concluded that all those involved need to work toward formal but open and flexible partnerships.
While a research awardee, Oteku also helped develop a proposal in support of the multi-funder Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa. These councils are central to funding and catalyzing research and innovation.
Personally, “I nurtured the values of tolerance, cooperation, and hard work just by observing my colleagues do their jobs,” says Oteku. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to have been here.”
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IDRC awardeesNo relevant topics
Entrepreneurship draws Southeast Asia’s youth
Entrepreneurship draws Southeast Asia’s youth
Jonathan De LucaResearch Awards2017“The top priority for youth in Myanmar and Vietnam isn’t a high salary,” says Jonathan de Luca, 2017 IDRC Research Award Recipient. “It’s adequate health, being able to spend time with family, and to develop and use skills.”
This finding suggests that policymakers and business leaders don’t understand the needs of young
women and men, he says. “Interviews with policymakers and business leaders show that they believe that providing better paying work is sufficient.”
De Luca’s research focused on youth livelihoods in medium-sized cities of the Greater Mekong sub-region. “Dawei in Myanmar and Quy Nhon in Vietnam are experiencing rapid economic development as a result of export-oriented industrialization and manufacturing,” he says. Despite the steady jobs this industrialization creates, he found that young people are much more interested in self-employment because of the freedom and autonomy it affords them.
De Luca confesses that “I really had no idea how everything would come together until a month into the analysis phase where I took a step back and thought “Ah-hah! This actually is telling a really interesting story!”
“I can’t forget that my research exists only because there were young people in Vietnam and Myanmar who wanted to talk to me about the issues that affect them and tell me about their aspirations and hopes for life and work in the future,” he says. “I not only owe it to them for helping me to complete my research, but I also owe it to them to have my work contribute to some change in this world.”
“So even though my year at IDRC is over, I’m going to take this research with me and try and help it to influence something in some way.”
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Research in ActionHealth Social PolicyA community approach for improving maternal healthThe delivery of new surgical equipment to the General Hospital of Marrere, Mozambique earlier this year was an important step for improving maternal and child health.
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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 ActionNatural Resources Social Policy Governance Food and AgricultureIDRC-supported research highlights importance of positive social capital on marginalized youth
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Research in ActionGender Social PolicyWhen growth is not enough: In pursuit of transformative economyAfrica has achieved impressive economic growth in the past 15 years; from 2001 to 2010, six of the world's ten fastest growing economies were in Africa. Although growth has been moderate in recent years, it is expected to regain strength.Date
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Research in ActionGovernance Social PolicyImproving citizen awareness and democratic elections in PeruPeruvian voters were well-informed when they headed to the federal election polls in June 2016, thanks to the efforts of Consorcio de investigación económica y social (CIES), the Economic and Social Research Consortium. CIES representatives shared details of the unique role the Consortium plays in Peru, including their work as a think tank for the 2016 national elections, during a presentation at IDRC on July 11, 2016.Date