Features Tools for Researchers and Teachers Access this "tool kit" of resources on environmental economics. *Video: Making a World of Difference A series of videos that show how IDRC is making a world of difference. Now Available IDRC's 2008 Corporate CD Discover IDRC and its publications: 101 full-text e-books, annual report, research, and information on how to apply for funding. Order your free copy today. IDRC's strategy and program directions 2005-2010 The drivers underlying IDRC's work, its program structure, and how it is expected to evolve. IDRC Launches Intellectual Platform for Developing Countries 2007-04-23 The IDRC Digital Library provides full access over the Internet to IDRC’s rich research archive. In addition to making information more freely available, this initiative provides IDRC-funded ... Telling IDRC's Story 2007-03 Historians Dr. Ron Harpelle of Lakehead University and Dr. Bruce Muirhead of the University of Waterloo have been commissioned to write a book-length intellectual history of IDRC, and to produce ...

IDRC’s operations in Southeast and East Asia are guided by its regional office in Singapore, established in 1971.  The office coordinates the Centre’s operations in 12 countries. In the past 30 years, IDRC has supported more than 2 000 research projects directed and managed by Asian researchers and institutions.

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  Describes our broad program focus and sectors of research

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  Advice and assistance for researchers on how to approach IDRC for financial support, and support to those who have already received IDRC funding.

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EEPSEA Newsletter 2008-07-15
July Newsletter is now available at http://www.idrc.ca/eepsea/ev-127771-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Cross-country Research Project 2008-07-11
The theme of EEPSEA’s cross-country project is: "Improving the adaptive capacity of households and communities vulnerable to climate change impacts in Southeast Asia" and this call is to invite proposals for research studies on this theme. Deadline: September 1, 2008.  See here for details.

New Grant Program to Provide Funding for Asia Pacific ICT Community 2008-06
The Information Society Innovation Fund aims to stimulate creative solutions to information and communication technology development needs in the region.

The Bentley Cropping Systems Fellowship 2008-04-29
This Fellowship (a bequest from Helen S. Bentley and C. Fred Bentley) provides assistance to Canadian and developing-country graduate students with a university degree in agriculture, forestry or biology, who wish to undertake postgraduate, applied, on-farm research with cooperating farmers in a developing country.  Deadline:  October 1, 2008.  See here for details.

SAFEGUARDING THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN TIMES OF MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
Policy Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries 2008-04-29
This book provides a fresh look at the relationships between macroeconomic policy and health systems reform, presenting new and detailed observations to inform policy choices within the health-care sector worldwide.  See here for details.

International Ecohealth Forum 2008 2008-04-29
From December 1-5, 2008, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from around the globe will gather in Merida, Mexico, for the International EcoHealth Forum under the theme "EcoHealth: Healthy Environments, Healthy People."   See here for details. 
Call for submission.  Deadline: June 1, 2008.  See here for submission details.

IDRC's Corporate CD: 2008 2008-04-29
The IDRC 2008 CD-Rom offers fast and easy access to the wealth of information found on IDRC's website anywhere, anytime. Includes 101 full-text e-books. See here for details.

Community Approaches to Coping with the Traumas of Violent Conflict 2008-04-29
So far, community approaches to coping with trauma have received little attention, but an emerging field has been questioning psychological approaches that examine trauma and the consequences of violent conflict only at an individual level.  See here for details.

Conference on Climate Change Adaptation Strategies 2008-02-05
Researchers and policymakers will meet on February 13-15, 2008 at the Grand Mirage Resort in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia to review the impacts of climate change in Southeast Asia and China and discuss what is being - and could be - done to respond. Click here for the media advisory and conference program.  Read more about how the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) is supporting research in Climate Change.

ICT INFRASTRUCTURE IN EMERGING ASIA
Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks 2008-01-31
Scholars, practitioners, former regulators, and policymakers address the problem of expanding information and communication technology (ICT) connectivity in emerging Asia. The widespread claim that technology by itself — independent of policy and regulatory reform — can improve access to ICTs is examined. See here for details.