Features IDRC Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia In Singapore. South Asia and China IDRC's Regional Office for South Asia and China, located in New Delhi, India seeks to help the people of South Asia and China find solutions to their needs. Fostering Growth with Equity 2008 IDRC’s New Delhi-based Regional Director for South Asia and China, Stephen McGurk, reflects on both the positive and negative aspects of Asia's rapid growth on daily life, including ...

    A public corporation, IDRC was created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and knowledge to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward building an indigenous research capacity to sustain the policies and technologies developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable, more prosperous societies.

To generate knowledge, empower people, improve lives, and foster prosperity in ways that are fair and sustainable — these are some of the goals pursued by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). It does so by supporting multidisciplinary, problem-oriented research, defined and carried out by local institutions and researchers.

• IDRC Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia
  In Singapore.