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The
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Crown
corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to
help developing countries use science and technology to find
practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and
environmental problems they face. Their support is directed
toward creating a local research community whose work will
build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.
IDRC’s mission: Empowerment through knowledge
IDRC
fund applied research by researchers in developing countries
on the problems they identify as crucial to their communities.
Most supported projects result from direct exchanges between
the Centre and developing-country institutions. They provide
expert advice to those researchers. They build local capacity
in developing countries to undertake research and innovate.
The
Centre supports research under four broad themes, of which
many are informed by sustainable livelihoods principles:
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