The Road to Harmony: How to Share Resources 2007-10
IDRC, the University of Peace, and dozens of Latin American researchers explore non-violent ways to settle conflicts over nature.

Cape Town to Cairo: Connecting Africa 2007-07
IDRC-supported research helps unleash the potential of Very Small Aperture Terminal networks, the new generation of satellite-based technologies.

Lateral Learning for Science Reporters 2007-04
An IDRC-supported peer-to-peer mentoring program helps bring science journalists in the Middle East and Africa closer to the professional mainstream.

Making Waves 2006-09
A small IDRC-supported project has helped spawn a mass movement to bring the benefits of information and communication technologies to rural villages in India.

Fighting AIDS with Evidence 2006-08
IDRC-supported research teams are working with public health authorities in South Africa's Free State province to design a rollout of antiretroviral therapies that will strengthen the public health system.

Making the Most of Minimal Water 2006-03
The IDRC-supported WaDImena project is helping countries in the parched Middle East and North Africa share lessons on how demand management can avert a looming water crisis.

The Future of Africa is Mobile 2006-02
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are often used as scheduling tools in developed countries, but IDRC-supported researchers are showing how wireless PDAs can improve healthcare delivery in Africa.

Reservoirs of Hope 2006
An IDRC-funded shared learning effort helps farmers deliver fresh water — and the prospect of a brighter future — to impoverished villages in China’s Guizhou province.

Tobacco and Taxes: A Winning Strategy 2006
IDRC, with funds from Health Canada, supported an economic study that helped the Jamaican government rebut the tobacco industry’s arguments against higher taxes on cigarettes, in the process breathing new life into the country’s tobacco control strategy.

Escape From a Toxic "Catch-22" 2006
IDRC-supported research is turning the tide against the use of highly toxic pesticides that have increased potato yields at the expense of people’s health in the poverty-stricken highlands of Ecuador.

A Global Vision for Small Business in Egypt 2006
Once overlooked and undervalued, small-scale businesses are now front and centre as Egypt takes bold steps to transform its economy, with the strategic support of the SME Policy Project and research backed by IDRC.

Feeding the Sustainable City 2006
Thanks to pioneering research initially led by IDRC, many Southern cities are now re-examining their attitude to urban agriculture. The challenge they face is how to control agricultural activity so that it can benefit the urban farmers and the rest of the city’s population.

After the Water Wars: The Search for Common Ground 2005-08
After 32 failed attempts to reach consensus on water legislation and a deadly social conflict over water rights, IDRC-supported researchers in Bolivia have helped their country develop a water law that everyone could agree on.