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| IDRC Bulletin — December 2005 |
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| News | Two IDRC Partners Recognized for Work to Improve the Lives of Women in Poor Rural Communities
Development through Access to Network Resources (D.Net) is the winner of the Gender and ICT Awards 2005 for its Pallitathya Help-Line (Call Centre for the Poor and Underprivileged) project, and Zoubida Charrouf has been awarded the prestigious Trophée de la Solidarité for improving the lives of women in the villages of Tamanar and Tidzi, Morocco. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91635-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Brazilian Youth and Democracy Project
Urban youth would participate more actively in public life — and be more active citizens — if they felt their actions could produce results. This is one of the conclusions of the research initiative Brazilian Youth and Democracy. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91399-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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IDRC Welcomes New Governor to Its Board
Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew has announced the appointment of former Auditor General of Canada Denis Desautels to IDRC's Board of Governors. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91561-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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| Features | WTO Accession: Tough Love or a Heavy Hand?
Thirty-one countries from war-torn Afghanistan to Yemen are queued for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The reasons officials give for staying in the queue range from improved market access for their exports to the positive signal — a seal of approval really — that WTO membership sends to the global trading and investment community. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91906-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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WSIS — Highlights from IDRC's Participation at the Summit
IDRC showcased the work of 70 of its research partners from developing countries at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, Tunisia, 16–18 November 2005 (see slideshow). | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-92040-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Telecentres Driving Development: Interview with Mark Surman
On 17 November 2005, at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, Tunisia, telecentre.org, a new collaborative initiative of IDRC, Microsoft Corporation, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, was launched. Mark Surman, telecentre.org's managing director, speaks about his experience in Tunis. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91910-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Come Together: African Universities Collaborate to Improve Bandwidth
African universities pay dramatically more for Internet access than comparable institutions on other continents. To help increase the flow of information, participants at the Conference on African Research and Education Networking and Infrastructure, held 14 and 15 November 2005 in Tunisia, developed a multifaceted approach for collaboration. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91755-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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“How Will It Help Veronica?…”
During my trip to Uganda, one individual stayed with me throughout my travels, so much so, that “How will it help Veronica?” became a mantra for the trip. — ICT4D Director, Richard Fuchs. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91905-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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IDRC — A Brief History
On the occasion of its 35th anniversary, IDRC looks back at the ideas, vision, and actions that helped shape the Centre into a world-class organization. The International Development Research Centre: A Brief History traces the Centre's beginnings in 1970 and its evolution in programing and outlines why IDRC is a different kind of public institution. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91525-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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| IDRC Books | SEASON OF HOPE
Economic Reform under Mandela and Mbeki
When the African National Congress won the first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa was one of the most unequal societies in the world. How could an organization with no previous experience of governing and little history of economic policy development accomplish both a peaceful transition to democracy and set South Africa on a path toward sustained economic growth and development? This book is an insider's account of the way in which the ANC government addressed the enormous economic task it faced upon taking office and spans the presidency of Nelson Mandela and the first term of President Thabo Mbeki. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-88231-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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