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IDRC Bulletin
IDRC's e-bulletin: a digest of news, features, research updates, and other Centre resources.

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Articles highlighting the results of IDRC-sponsored research projects, IDRC's role in the process, and changes the work made to people's lives.

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Research that Matters
How IDRC-supported research is addressing development challenges and making a difference in the lives of people in the South.

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Browse brief descriptions of IDRC's activities organized by country.

Multimedia
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Countries in transition
An analysis of why and how IDRC has worked in countries in transition over the past three decades. The Centre shares its experience in eight countries in transition from dictatorship to democratic rule, from centrally planned to market economies, or from war to peace.

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in_focus: COMANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Local Learning for Poverty Reduction Stephen R. Tyler
This book draws on more than a decade of research across the developing world and presents case studies from Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Lebanon, and Viet Nam. A key message to resource managers, policymakers, researchers, and development practitioners is that proposed solutions to NRM problems will be effective and lasting only if driven by the knowledge, action, and learning of local users.

*Video: Making a World of Difference
This eight-minute video shows how IDRC is making a world of difference.

Multimedia

IDRC's Corporate CD: 2007-08
The IDRC 2007-08 CD-ROM offers fast and easy access to the wealth of information found on IDRC's Website anywhere, anytime. Includes 101 full-text e-books.

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IDRC on Information and Communication Technologies for Development 2007-11
IDRC was one of the earliest development agencies to embrace information and communication technologies (ICTs) as powerful tools for reducing poverty, for combating HIV/AIDS, and for fostering good governance. This brochure describes a small sample of the many ground-breaking ICT projects that IDRC has supported in recent years. Open file

Research in the Middle East and North Africa — Fez: The e-capital of Morocco 2007-11
The city of Fez has become an award winning model for the effective use of ICTs in public service delivery in Africa.

IDRC Annual Report 2006–2007 2007-08
Presents the results of activities undertaken by IDRC from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007. Open file

IDRC on Equality for Girls and Women 2007-02
Every International Women’s Day, we pause and celebrate the progress already made toward equality and justice for women and girls. The occasion also reminds us that fighting for women’s rights is not a seasonal effort, but is a year-round and long-term challenge. Open file

Copyright and Terms of Use 2007
Copyright, Privacy Statement and Website Terms of Use

STYLE GUIDE
For IDRC Editors and Proofreaders 2006/11/09
The main purpose of the Style Guide for IDRC Editors and Proofreaders is to ensure that material published by IDRC is presented in a coherent and consistent manner, upholding the high standards of the Centre, the world of international scholarly publishing, and the English language.

IDRC on Microfinance and Poverty 2006-11
IDRC assumes that people on the ground are the real experts. They understand better than anyone does what needs to happen so that they will be freed from poverty. IDRC’s role is to help local researchers to express these needs — and to find solutions that work. Open file

IDRC on Just Societies and Healthy Democracies — Afghanistan 2006-11
Women play a central role in reuniting shattered families and rebuilding fractured communities, often with little official support. Despite national and international agreements guaranteeing equality, many women are unable to exercise their rights and realize their full potential. Such is the case in Afghanistan. Open file

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