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IDRC’s Corporate Strategy and Program Framework 2005-2010 is the Centre’s strategic plan. The Corporate Strategy (CS) component is divided into two parts. The first is a situation analysis that examines the environmental drivers underlying the Centre’s work. The second part lays out the foundations for the Centre’s work: its legislative mandate and purpose, its values and fundamental beliefs, its guiding principles, and its strategic objectives. 

The Program Framework (PF) describes the overall program architecture for the next five years. This includes the main areas of research (Program Areas), the explorations under way and being planned, and the ways in which programming is expected to evolve in the coming years. The PF also addresses the major question of how the Centre will carry out its program of work. The details of the three Program Areas are presented in a set of prospectuses, one for each of the main research thrusts (Program Initiatives). These prospectuses include a detailed explanation of the Program Initiatives: their defining features (methodological, institutional, and topical), objectives, and key issues.

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