International Development Research Centre

20.12.2002 The Pan Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme has announced the January 2003 round for R&D grant applications. This special round seeks proposals addressing the themes of the World Summit on the information Society (WSIS).

09.12.2002 When it comes to dealing with the ill-effects of tobacco consumption, politicians don't so much see the light as they feel the fire. So the question for researchers becomes this: how can they help light the fires that motivate people?

04.12.2002 Africa today stands at a crossroads. Behind it lies a sorry record of poverty, poor governance, and exclusion from the global economy. Ahead is the promise of a better future offered, believes Constance Freeman, by the New Partnership for Africa's Development. While NEPAD has taken criticism from progressives, Freeman argues that it remains "a radical plan that offers African solutions to African problems."

02.12.2002 Le point de vue de Constance Freeman, directrice du Bureau régional de l'Afrique orientale et australe du Centre de recherche pour le développement international (CRDI) au Kenya, sur le NEPAD.

28.11.2002 The development community must recognise the enormous threat to human health, life and sustainable development posed by tobacco use and consider it a high priority on the development agenda, a group of research and funding organisations have agreed at a meeting in Canada.