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NewsDevelopment Environment Food and Agriculture Gender Governance Science and Technology Social PolicySeventeen research projects that will build resilience and reduce vulnerability to risks from climate change in the Global South have now been launched under the Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) and IDRC.Date
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EventsDevelopment Economics Environment Food and Agriculture Health Social PolicyTransforming Africa’s food future: Policy changes for healthier food systems
Join us on March 28 for a webinar on the key challenges and opportunities of food-systems policy change in Africa.
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Research in ActionGender Social PolicyGender equality: Making a transformative impactGender equality — and how people experience it within households, organizations, and communities — is the product of how different social systems and structures are designed, negotiated, and implemented. Influencing positive change at these levels depends on evidence that moves beyond simply identifying inequalities.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics Education Environment Food and Agriculture Health Social PolicyDoubling down on malnutritionFood and health policy bundles backed up by robust evidence can lead to healthier populations.
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StoryDevelopment Health Economics Information and Communication Environment Social PolicyAdvancing Southern solutions for gender equalityIDRC at the Women Deliver 2023 conference
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NewsDevelopment Economics Food and Agriculture Social Policy GovernanceIDRC supports five partnerships to address priorities in COVID-19 recoveryIDRC is investing CAD1 million in projects selected from a broad portfolio of Canadian-led research to address global socioeconomic inequities that have been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.Date
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PerspectivesDevelopment Governance EnvironmentJustice moves to centre stage as climate action ramps upJustice strategies are needed to ensure that climate actions don’t exacerbate existing inequalities or create new ones.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Health Food and Agriculture Governance EnvironmentCo-creating recipes for food-systems transformationA novel, food system-wide approach to integrated policy development and implementation with governments.
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PerspectivesDevelopment Health Economics Environment Natural Resources Food and Agriculture GovernanceWomen at the heart of solutions for a sustainable and inclusive post-pandemic worldGender equality is fundamental to overcoming two great challenges — climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PerspectivesDevelopment Environment Social PolicyIndonesian think tanks stand ready to catalyze climate actionIndonesian think tanks are well prepared to promote climate-smart, evidence-backed policy shifts and effective adaptation solutions.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics Environment Food and Agriculture Social PolicyFinancing the future of fishCultiAF-funded project uses gender-inclusive financing, certification of processed fish products, improved access to formal markets, and promotion of community-level gender equality to reduce post-harvest aquaculture losses.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics Environment Food and Agriculture Social PolicyDigital business training: a GAME-changer for young agripreneursDigital applications are enabling young Kenyan agricultural entrepreneurs to access critical pandemic support for their businesses.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics Environment Food and Agriculture Social PolicyPartnering to provide protein with precooked beansCultiAF-funded precooked-beans project has worked to improve food and nutrition security, boost household income, and promote sustainable food systems in Kenya and Uganda.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics Environment Food and Agriculture Social PolicyRolling out agricultural resilienceAcross Eastern and Southern Africa, IDRC- and ACIAR-supported researchers are enhancing food and nutrition security, women’s empowerment, youth agripreneurship, and smallholder livelihood resilience.
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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 ActionGender Governance Social PolicyUnspoken barriers constrain women’s economic opportunities
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Research in ActionGender Governance EconomicsImproving job prospects for women: evidence for positive changeWhy labour markets are failing women — and what might improve their work 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 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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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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StoryEconomics GovernanceCourts — not kinship — offer greater opportunity for South Asian entrepreneurs
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