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Foreign Affairs

International Development Research Centre

Appropriate Minister
The Honourable Pierre S. Pettigrew, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Chairperson
Gordon S. Smith

President
Maureen O'Neil

Head Office
250 Albert Street
PO Box 8500
Ottawa ON
K1G 3H9
Telephone: (613) 236-6163
Facsimile: (613) 238-7230
Web site: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-1-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Auditor

Auditor General of Canada

Incorporation and Status

1970 by the International Development Research Centre Act, (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-19); exempt from Divisions I to IV of Part X of the Financial Administration Act (except for sections 131 to 148); not an agent of Her Majesty.

Mandate

To initiate, encourage, support and conduct research into the problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific, technical and other knowledge for the economic and social advancement of those regions.

Corporate Profile

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is one of the world's leading institutions in the generation and application of the new knowledge to meet the challenges facing developing countries. IDRC funds applied research by researchers from developing countries on the problems they identify as crucial to their communities. It also provides technical support to those researchers. IDRC builds local capacity in developing countries to undertake research and create innovations, believing that people from developing countries must take the lead in producing and applying knowledge for the benefit of their own communities. IDRC also fosters alliances and knowledge sharing between scientific, academic and development communities in Canada and developing countries. IDRC's core mission supports Canada's foreign policy and innovation policy goals.

 

 
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