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IDRC photo: Louise Guénette

IDRC support for research in Brazil dates from 1972, making the country one of the Centre’s earliest partners in Latin America.

During the dictatorship years, which ended in 1985, IDRC played a key role in keeping serious social science research alive by supporting democratically minded intellectuals. One of these research partners, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, served as Brazil’s president from 1995 to 2002.

Brazil has a strong capacity for research and IDRC support to Brazilian researchers has capitalized on this to further national and Latin American development goals.

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