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Investigación en acciónGénero Información y communicaciónTres aplicaciones feministas de inteligencia artificial buscan promover la igualdad de género en el transporte público, en los juzgados y en las redes sociales.
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HistoriaDesarrollo Economía Educacion Medio ambiente Alimentación y agricultura Género Salud Información y communicación Ciencia y tecnología Política socialCombatiendo la desigualdad con inteligencia artificial responsableInvestigación e innovación desde el Sur Global para mejorar vidas y apoyar una IA segura en todas partes.
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NovedadesDesarrollo Economía Educacion Medio ambiente Alimentación y agricultura Género Administración Salud Información y communicación Ciencia y tecnología Política socialJuntando fuerzas para una nueva fase de IA para el desarrollo: África y más alláComo principal defensor de la investigación e innovación en IA en el Sur Global, el IDRC se complace en anunciar que está combinando fuerzas con financiadores de todo el mundo en una visión compartida de la IA para el desarrollo en África y más allá. Este grupo de financiadores incluye el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y de la Mancomunidad de Naciones del Reino Unido, la fundación Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation y USAID.Date
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HistoriaDesarrollo Salud Economía Información y communicación Medio ambiente Política socialSoluciones del Sur para la igualdad de géneroel IDRC en la conferencia Women Deliver 2023
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NovedadesDesarrollo Información y communicación Ciencia y tecnología AdministraciónEl IDRC en RightsCon 2023: apoyando la investigación para ayudar a defender los derechos humanos en línea en todo el mundoLas iniciativas y asociaciones del IDRC están teniendo un impacto significativo en RightsCon 2023, una de las principales conferencias mundiales sobre derechos digitales. Este evento anual reúne a partes interesadas de todo el mundo para debatir sobre derechos humanos en línea, incluyendo la gobernanza de Internet, la libertad de expresión y la privacidad, la información errónea y la desinformación y la seguridad cibernética.Date
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Investigación en acciónDesarrollo Salud Información y communicación Medio ambiente Ciencia y tecnología Alimentación y agricultura AdministraciónDando forma a un futuro seguro, equitativo e inclusivo con IALa investigación puede ayudar a garantizar aplicaciones responsables de IA.
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Investigación en acciónDesarrollo Información y communicación AdministraciónUna esfera pública digital más segura: abordar la violencia de género en líneaLos investigadores están documentando la violencia de género facilitada por la tecnología y explorando respuestas en el Sur Global.
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NovedadesDesarrollo Información y communicación AdministraciónNuevo estudio revela esfuerzos en el Sur Global para contrarrestar el trastorno de la informaciónUn estudio de alcance de 18 meses de duración recientemente publicado revela las personas y los enfoques que se están utilizando para contrarrestar el trastorno de la información en el Sur Global. Financiado por el IDRC, el estudio identifica éxitos, desafíos y áreas para futuras investigaciones.Date
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EventoDesarrollo Información y communicación Ciencia y tecnologíaMoving from principles to practice in responsible AI around the world: Announcement of the new Global Index on Responsible AI
Panel discussion around, and announcement of, a new project, the Global Index on Responsible Artificial Intelligence, on the sidelines of US President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy
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Investigación en acciónCiencia y tecnología Información y communicaciónArtificial intelligence for development
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LibrosEconomía Política social Información y communicación Ciencia y tecnologíaen_foco - Los pobres en la era de la información : combatiendo la pobreza con tecnología
Este libro analiza los impactos de estos cambios tecnológicos sin precedentes.
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PerspectivasAdministración Información y communicación Desarrollo Política social EducacionUna respuesta focalizada para la crisis educativa: el Intercambio en Conocimiento e Innovación de la GPESe necesitan avances significativos para mejorar la calidad educativa en los países en vías de desarrollo.
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PerspectivasInformación y communicación AdministraciónPor qué el IDRC no apresura su política de datos abiertosNaser Faruqui argumenta que aún no es el momento adecuado para que el IDRC siga una política de datos abiertos obligatoria.
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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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Testimonio de adjudicado IDRCNo relevant topics
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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Testimonio de adjudicado IDRCNo relevant topics
Relationships drive collaboration in South Asia
Relationships drive collaboration in South Asia
Natalia YangResearch Awards2017What motivates researchers and funders to collaborate with different partners? “Although collaborations in research have been around for a while, there’s still a lack of understanding about what drives researchers to collaborate,” says Natalia Yang, 2017 IDRC Research Award Recipient.
She set out to discover those motivations among think tanks in South Asia. This region “provides a unique context because most countries within the region share similar challenges,” she says.
Yang found that the drive to collaborate depended on the role partners played in the organization. For example, researchers focused on what they were able to offer and gain from the collaboration — enhanced skills and access to new knowledge, for example, and stronger networks.
Principal investigators, coordinators, and funders were more concerned with how the collaboration contributed to obtaining and sharing knowledge, such as building a regional or international dialogue. Funders also saw collaboration as a way to attract other funders to a cause they believed in.
Overall, she says, she learned that “behind any research there is a human element that needs to be recognized and supported. Understanding collaboration in research is also about revealing the relationships at work behind anything we do.”
Yang values the experience she gained in research, including learning that “it’s better not to overthink the steps I have to do as a researcher. Often, the best thing to do is to just act and have the flexibility to adjust and adapt to new circumstances and research issues that did not come to light before.”
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Testimonio de adjudicado IDRCNo relevant topics
Investigating the pros and cons of digital technologies
Investigating the pros and cons of digital technologies
“Did you know that people in some countries sacrifice bread and milk to buy mobile phone credit?” asks 2015 IDRC Research Award recipient Katie Clancy. This is one of the insights she gained while investigating whether hackathons could generate long-term technological solutions to development issues.
“There are really critical issues coming to the forefront of our society,” she says. “Digital technologies offer huge possibilities for improving the lives of people around the world.”
Once people get online, she explains, there is potential for innovation, accountability, for connecting across borders and transferring money in ways that would otherwise be impossible. “But,” she says, “there are very real downsides as well, including surveillance and security issues, and the very real possibility that technology is widening inequality between those who have access and those who don’t.”
“My experience at IDRC helped me delve into these critical issues, to learn from people who are leading these issues around the world,” she says. Along the way, she discovered that hackathons are not reliable models for solving development issues. “My work with IDRC has been life changing,” she says, “which is why I stayed at IDRC, continuing to work on open data issues.”
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Testimonio de adjudicado IDRCNo relevant topics
Harnessing research to protect Botswana’s wildlife
Harnessing research to protect Botswana’s wildlife
Wildlife of all kinds freely cross the borders of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, but is the research data needed to protect them as mobile?
Monica Morrison, a PhD candidate at Stellenbosch University and a 2014 Research Award recipient, sought to find out if the extensive research on this vital resource was leading to better management and whether there were more effective ways to communicate the information.
“My IDRC experience helped to focus and contextualize my study, giving me much needed arm’s length distance to review my fieldwork with conservation scientists, tourism operators, and government officials,” she says. “I began to really like the way my chosen world of work was heading.”
“It also made me think in new ways,” she says. “At IDRC I was surrounded by professional sharers of knowledge. Especially illuminating moments included learning how to write for the Web and being exposed to current trends in development evaluation and appreciative inquiry. All these approaches set bells of recognition ringing, and I took them away with me. The experience passed all too quickly, but its influence continues,” she says.
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