IDRC began to support researchers in Argentina in 1972. Recently, the Centre’s research partners have contributed to Argentinian decisionmakers’ current understanding of trade and economic integration. They have also fostered urban agriculture as a tool to fight poverty and promoted the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to link Indigenous communities and improve education and governance.
During the military dictatorship of the late 1970s and early 1980s,
IDRC’s support helped researchers in several institutions continue to work despite the ongoing suppression of social science research. Their work then laid the groundwork for new democratic policies.