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StoryDevelopment Economics Environment Gender Social PolicyHow research is helping to reduce, redistribute, recognize and reward care work through locally grounded innovations.
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StoryDevelopment Health Economics Information and Communication Environment Social PolicyAdvancing Southern solutions for gender equalityIDRC at the Women Deliver 2023 conference
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Research in ActionHealth EconomicsThe Vietnam Case: How to draw a clear path forward for optimal tobacco taxationMaking tobacco taxation work in Vietnam
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Research in ActionEconomics HealthThe importance of tobacco control for healthAdvancing Tobacco Taxation in Southeast Asia: Addressing Evidence and Action
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NewsDevelopment EconomicsIDRC partners put care economy on the Asia-Pacific and G20 agendasIDRC and several other organizations partnered with the Asia Foundation to organize the Bali Care Dialogue immediately preceding the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali from November 12 to 14. The dialogue aims to leverage global momentum around gender equality in the care economy while advancing the issue in the Asia-Pacific region.Date
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Research in ActionDevelopment Economics Environment Food and AgricultureCreating opportunities for women to lead the low-carbon recoveryResearch is testing innovations to advance women’s economic empowerment while building a low-carbon future.
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NewsEconomicsNew action-research program seeks to transform the care economyIDRC and the Soros Economic Development Fund have launched a new action-oriented research initiative to help transform the care economy through impact investing.Date
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NewsDevelopment EconomicsIDRC at the 2021 Conference of MontrealIDRC will be part of the discussion on moving towards a greener global economy at the 2021 Conference of Montreal.Date
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BooksEconomicsFormal and Informal Enterprises in Francophone Africa: Moving Toward a Vibrant Private SectorPublication Date
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Research in ActionHealth Economics Social Policy Governance Information and CommunicationMeeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in MyanmarThe COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic impacts are compounding an already delicate democratization process in Myanmar.
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NewsDevelopment Health Economics Social Policy GovernanceWebinar series on gender, COVID-19, and workWatch webcasts of experts from around the world discussing the gender dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic.Date
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NewsDevelopment Economics Social Policy GovernanceEvidence to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in low-income countriesThe COVID-19 pandemic is creating unprecedented development challenges in low- and middle-income countries. Governments, international aid agencies, civil society organizations, and the private sector need evidence to mitigate the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the pandemic in developing regions, while also building the conditions for a more resilient future.Date
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Research in ActionEconomics Gender DevelopmentBetter tools for the private sector to measure what matters
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BooksEconomics GenderDigital Economies at Global Margins
In this book, contributors from a range of disciplines and locations investigate the impact of increased digital connectivity on the people and places at the world’s economic margins.
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StoryScience and Technology Health Natural Resources Governance Development EconomicsArtificial intelligence and human development
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Entrepreneurship draws Southeast Asia’s youth
Entrepreneurship draws Southeast Asia’s youth
Jonathan De LucaResearch Awards2017“The top priority for youth in Myanmar and Vietnam isn’t a high salary,” says Jonathan de Luca, 2017 IDRC Research Award Recipient. “It’s adequate health, being able to spend time with family, and to develop and use skills.”
This finding suggests that policymakers and business leaders don’t understand the needs of young
women and men, he says. “Interviews with policymakers and business leaders show that they believe that providing better paying work is sufficient.”
De Luca’s research focused on youth livelihoods in medium-sized cities of the Greater Mekong sub-region. “Dawei in Myanmar and Quy Nhon in Vietnam are experiencing rapid economic development as a result of export-oriented industrialization and manufacturing,” he says. Despite the steady jobs this industrialization creates, he found that young people are much more interested in self-employment because of the freedom and autonomy it affords them.
De Luca confesses that “I really had no idea how everything would come together until a month into the analysis phase where I took a step back and thought “Ah-hah! This actually is telling a really interesting story!”
“I can’t forget that my research exists only because there were young people in Vietnam and Myanmar who wanted to talk to me about the issues that affect them and tell me about their aspirations and hopes for life and work in the future,” he says. “I not only owe it to them for helping me to complete my research, but I also owe it to them to have my work contribute to some change in this world.”
“So even though my year at IDRC is over, I’m going to take this research with me and try and help it to influence something in some way.”
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Research in ActionEconomicsThe Global Roundtable of Chief Economists highlights global trends and best practices to help entrepreneurs thrive
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StoryEconomics DevelopmentThe untold story: IDRC supported researchers transform economic policy in AfricaWhen Tony Muhumuza was appointed Uganda’s national economist for the United Nations Development Program, he was cognizant of the great responsibility that came with his new role.