• Critical perspectives on open development : empirical interrogation of theory construction 

  Chib, Arul; Bentley, Caitlin M.; Smith, Matthew L. (MIT PressIDRC, 2021-02-16)

  Over the last ten years, “open” innovations—the sharing of information and communications resources without access restrictions or cost—have emerged within international development. But do these innovations empower poor ...
• Making open development inclusive : lessons from IDRC research 

  Smith, Matthew L.; Seward, Ruhiya Kristine (MIT PressIDRC, 2020-08-25)

  A decade ago, a significant trend in using and supporting open practices emerged in international development. “Open development” describes initiatives as wide-ranging as open government and data, open science, open ...
• Formal and informal enterprises in francophone Africa : moving toward a vibrant private sector 

  Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly; Golub, Stephen; Gueye, Fatou (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2020-07-03)

  While the duality of African economies is well recognized in economic literature, only a few comprehensive studies have examined the formal and informal economies using the same instruments. The research presented in this ...
• Rêver d’une vie meilleure : le mariage d’enfants à travers les yeux des adolescents 

  Crivello, Gina; Mann, Gillian (Young LivesIDRC, 2020-03-31)

  Mettre un terme à la pratique du mariage des enfants est devenu un engagement international dans le cadre de l’Objectif 5 de développement durable qui vise à autonomiser les filles et les femmes partout dans le monde. Rêver ...
• Dreaming of a better life : child marriage through adolescent eyes 

  Crivello, Gina; Mann, Gillian (Young LivesIDRC, 2020-03-31)

  Putting an end to the practice of child marriage became an international commitment under Sustainable Development Goal 5 that focuses on empowering girls and women worldwide. Dreaming of a Better Life: Child Marriage Through ...
• Scaling impact : innovation for the public good 

  McLean, Robert; Gargani, John (RoutledgeInternational Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2019-05-24)

  Scaling Impact introduces a new and practical approach to scaling the positive impacts of research and innovation. Inspired by leading scientific and entrepreneurial innovators from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin ...
• Reducing urban violence in the global south 

  Salahub, Jennifer Erin; Gottsbacher, Markus; de Boer, John; D., Mayssam (RoutledgeIDRC, 2019-05-31)

  Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South seeks to identify the drivers of urban violence in the cities of the Global South and how they relate to and interact with poverty and inequalities. Drawing on the findings of ...
• State of open data 

  Davies, Tim; Walker, Stephen B.; Rubinstein, Mor; Perini, Fernando (African MindsIDRC, 2019-05-05)

  It’s been ten years since open data first broke onto the global stage. Over the past decade, thousands of programs and projects around the world have worked to open data and use it to address a myriad of social and economic ...
• Digital economies at global margins 

  Graham, Mark (MIT Press, a copublication with International Development Research CentreIDRC, 2019-01)

  This book brings together new scholarship that addresses what increasing digital connectivity and the digitalization of the economy means for people and places at economic margins. As you read through the book, you might ...
• Feminist advocacy, family law and violence against women: international perspectives 

  Afkhami, Mahnaz; Ertürk, Yakın; Mayer, Ann Elizabeth (Routledge; International Development Research CentreInternational Development Research Centre, 2019)

  Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights. It can affect almost every aspect of a woman's life, including the right to choose a partner, inherit property, hold a job, and ...
• Shadow libraries : access to knowledge in global higher education 

  Karaganis, Joe (MIT PressIDRC, 2018-05)

  Shadow Libraries explores the question of access to educational materials in the globalization of higher education and digitization of knowledge, alongside the comparatively slow parallel expansion of legal access to ...
• Social theories of urban violence in the Global South : towards safe and inclusive cities 

  Salahub, Jennifer Erin; Gottsbacher, Markus; de Boer, John (RoutledgeIDRC, 2018-04)

  Investing in research from the ground up, based on local realities and local understandings, the chapters in this book reflect research undertaken in dozens of cities in Latin America, Sub- Saharan Africa, and South Asia. ...
• Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South 

  Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Arinto, Patricia (African Minds, University of Cape TownIDRC, 2017-12)

  The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project builds on the body of research regarding Open Educational Resources (OER), to improve access, enhance quality, and reduce the cost of education ...
• Élevage des bivalves en Asie et dans le Pacifique : compte rendu d’un colloque tenu à Singapour du 16 au 19 février 1982 

  Davy, F. Brian; Graham, Michael (CRDI, Ottawa, ON, 1983)
• Une vie saine pour les femmes et les enfants vulnérables : application de la recherche sur les systems de santé 

  Godt, Sue; Agyepong, Irene; Flores, Walter; Sen, Gita (CRDI, Ottawa, ON, 2017)

  Il existe encore des défis importants à relever afin de garantir que les populations les plus vulnérables, y compris les femmes, les enfants et les adolescents, puissent vivre en bonne santé et profiter du mieux-être promis ...
• Healthy lives for vulnerable women and children : applying health systems research 

  Godt, Sue; Agyepong, Irene; Flores, Walter; Sen, Gita (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, 2017)

  This book draws on 15 years of IDRC-funded health systems research undertaken by researchers working closely with communities and decision-makers. They have generated contextually relevant evidence at local, national, ...
• Entre el activismo y la intervención : el trabajo de organizaciones de la sociedad civil y su incidencia para la salud de mujeres indígenas en México 

  Juarez Ramirez, Clara; Hevia de la Jara, Felipe; Lopez Ricoy, Ana; Freyermuth Joffre, Laura (Alternativas y Capacidades A.C., Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, 2017-05)

  El libro que aquí se presenta, es resultado de la investigación desarrollada durante 2012-2014 por Alternativas y Capacidades, A. C. (en adelante A y C), con el apoyo financiero del Centro Internacional de Investigaciones ...
• Revitalizing health for all : case studies of the struggle for comprehensive primary health care 

  Labonté, Ronald; Saunders, David; Packer, Corinne; Schaay, Nikki (University of Toronto PressIDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2017-05)

  Researchers and research-users from national public health systems were brought together to design, implement, and assess comprehensive primary health care projects in communities around the globe, including in Australia, ...
• Putting knowledge to work : collaborating, influencing and learning for international development 

  Mougeot, Luc J.A. (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2017)

  Funders and beneficiaries are pressing civil society organizations (CSOs) to be more professional and efficient, and more strategic and impactful, but the key role that knowledge plays in the efforts of non-governmental ...
• From workplace to workspace : using e-mail lists to work together [Vietnamese version] 

  James, Maureen; Rykert, Liz (2005)

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