Features Technological Innovation This new focus area seeks to boost reflection on how to make the best use of benefits resulting from the significant mining development in LA through technological innovation. 050317-004 / Architecture for Change: an Account of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project - History The MMSD history project is now out and available!  It talks about the Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project, why it was organized the way it was, the decisions and challenges faced, and how and why they were resolved in the way they were. 050317-050 / Executive Summary - Technological Innovation and Development in Mining: Case Studies from LA Mining Countries This paper summarises the main findings of the “Technological Innovation and Development in Mining: Case Studies from LA Countries” research project, implemented by the Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO) in early 2006, with the support of the Mining Policy Research Initiative (MPRI) of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC – CRDI). Most recent project reports 2006-04-04 A shortcut to the most recent reports by project.

The Mining Policy Research Initiative (MPRI) was created in 1998 by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). After 8 years of execution of this project in coordination with other initiatives, we feel satisfied with the results obtained in terms of the generation of evidence responding to key mining issues in the region; contribution to the improvement of research capacities and regional networks, and the recognition of key stakeholders in the context of the debate on the role played by mining development in the development process of the region.

Giving the project success in meeting its expected objectives, IDRC decided to incorporate some of the issues previously covered by this project into the agendas of different IDRC programs that operate in the region at a broader and longer-term scale. The process of transition of our mining programming through MPRI  concluded July 31, 2006.

We hope that this experience of interaction has been as enriching for all of you as it has been for us. It is our pleasure to put all the information generated by MPRI in this website.

We take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support and contribution and invite you to keep in contact with IDRC through our website www.idrc.ca

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• About MPRI
  MPRI's vision, mission and contact information.

• Research areas and projects
  Description of MPRI priority areas, access to every project supported by MPRI (active and closed) and documents produced (calls, reports, presentations, etc.)

• Resources
  Project documents (reports, calls, approved proposals, etc.), presentations, MPRI publications and other documents and highlights.

• Partners
  Brief description of institutions that are or have been supported by MPRI, or have co-funded projects with MPRI, as well as contact information and access to the corresponding projects.

• MPRI Publications
  Publications resulting from projects supported by MPRI, including books, executive summaries, CDRoms and the Mining and Sustainable Development Series.