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Research and Resources
Breaking the Cycle of Urban Poverty
Team members from the Focus Cities Research Initiative spent five days sharing their challenges and successes in tackling urban poverty and environmental decay in eight cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-129440-201-1-DO_TOPIC

For Easy Sleep Along the Shore: Making Hazard Warnings More Effective
In Sri Lanka, a grassroots pilot study combines advanced communication technologies with local volunteer networks to alert coastal villages to danger coming from the sea.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-129391-201-1-DO_TOPIC


Feature Articles
Changing the Rules for Businesses
As businesses in a smattering of Latin American cities now enjoy a streamlined registration process, a new body, the Business Regulation Evaluation Group, is evaluating the impact that simpler regulations have on development.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-128630-201-1-DO_TOPIC

Through Children's Eyes

How do children perceive environmental issues in their community? In this audio slideshow, former IDRC intern Sarah McCans describes the innovative project she undertook, working with children in Kampala, Uganda, as they communicated their experience through drawings.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-130080-201-1-DO_TOPIC


Next Generation of Researchers: Awardee Profile
Joleen Timko — Canada

As part of her doctoral research on Canadian and South African parks, forestry student Joleen Timko evaluated the ecological and social "success" of protected areas co-managed by indigenous groups. Read the text: Open file. Listen to the audio clip:
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-127242-201-1-DO_TOPIC


IDRC Books
GENDER AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Livelihoods, Mobility and Interventions

Exploring the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia, this book serves as a core resource for students of gender studies and natural resource management.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-124767-201-1-DO_TOPIC


News
The India Lectures: M.J. Akbar on the "Arc of Turbulence"

Listen to the inaugural lecture of IDRC's year-long series of presentations by distinguished Indian thinkers.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-130356-201-1-DO_TOPIC

New Directors at IDRC
IDRC welcomes new directors for its West and Central Africa Office, and its Innovation, Policy and Science Program Area.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-131054-201-1-DO_TOPIC

IDRC in the News — September 2008
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-131048-201-1-DO_TOPIC


Competitions and Career Opportunities
Standing the Test of Time
What are the lasting impacts of 40 years of IDRC-supported research? We'd like to find out.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-130770-201-1-DO_TOPIC

IDRC Internship Award — President's Office
Deadline: October 17, 2008: CLOSED
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-130269-201-1-DO_TOPIC

IDRC Doctoral Research Awards

Deadline: April 1, 2009
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-23374-201-1-DO_TOPIC

CLOSED - Call for Proposals: Addressing the Climate Vulnerabilities of Urban Africa

The call for proposals has now closed.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-131052-201-1-DO_TOPIC

Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants 2008 (LACREG)
Deadline: November 30, 2008
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-130765-201-1-DO_TOPIC

Career Opportunities
Current job postings, IDRC's Code of Conduct, and salary scales.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-26272-201-1-DO_TOPIC



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