Features IDRC's strategy and program directions 2005-2010 The drivers underlying IDRC's work, its program structure, and how it is expected to evolve. IDRC Launches Intellectual Platform for Developing Countries 2007-04-23 The IDRC Digital Library provides full access over the Internet to IDRC’s rich research archive. In addition to making information more freely available, this initiative provides IDRC-funded ... IDRC — Making a World of Difference 2007-10-01 Watch this eight-minute video to see how IDRC is making a world of difference. Telling IDRC's Story 2007-03 Historians Dr. Ron Harpelle of Lakehead University and Dr. Bruce Muirhead of the University of Waterloo have been commissioned to write a book-length intellectual history of IDRC, and to produce ...

IDRC’s operations in Asia are guided by two regional offices: in Singapore, established in 1971 to serve Southeast and East Asia; and in New Delhi, India, established in 1983. Together these offices coordinate the Centre’s operations in 18 countries. In the past 30 years, IDRC has supported more than 1,820 research projects directed and managed by Asian researchers and institutions.

• About Us
  Describes IDRC's work and two Regional Offices in Asia.

• Major Program Areas
  Describes our broad program focus and sectors of research

• Funding Opportunities
  Advice and assistance for researchers on how to approach IDRC for financial support, and support to those who have already received IDRC funding.

• Projects in Asia
  

New Working paper series on Global Scoping Study on Compensation for Ecosystems Services 2007-11-13
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has published series of nine Working Papers on the state of Compensation for Environmental Services in three continents – Africa, Asia and Latin America. The papers present the results and recommendations of a one-year scoping study funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).  See here for details.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2007-10-29
Since 1993, the world has observed the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Ocotober 17. IDRC works with research partners in the South to find innovative ways to alleviate poverty in developing countries. See here for details.

International Cooperation in an Emergent World 2007-10-29
IDRC President Maureen O'Neil delivered a public lecture in Singapore on Southeast Asia's transformation over the past 30 years, and how development agencies must re-invent and re-imagine their approaches to international cooperation in the region. See here for details.

Farmers Have Their Say "Where the Water World Meets" 2007-10-29
During World Water Week, IDRC and the International Water Management Institute organized a workshop on pollution management in urban watersheds — with a creative twist. Panellists were asked to answer questions posed by farmers in Africa and Asia, who had been videotaped in the weeks running up to the meeting. See here for more details.

"The Other Half" of Global Hunger and Poverty 2007-10-29
IDRC partner, the International Food Policy Research Institute, tackled issues of poverty and hunger at an international conference in Beijing.  See here for details.

IDRC — Making a World of Difference 2007-10-01
Watch this eight-minute video to see how IDRC is making a world of difference.

Call for Proposals — Accessing Patented Knowledge for Innovation 2007-10-01
This is a Call for Proposals on how developing countries can access technologies and information contained in existing patents to enhance innovative research at the national level.   Deadline:  November 30, 2007.  See here for details.

PEOPLE, LAND, AND WATER
Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management 2007-06-26
Describes the major issues involved in applying participatory development communication to natural resource management practices and research, discusses the challenges and the difficulties linked to such an approach, and offers insights and lessons from research and experience in the field.  See here for details .