The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward developing an indigenous research capacity to sustain policies and technologies that developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.
- )www.idrc.ca: information on IDRC programmes, full-text IDRC publications, IDRC Reports Online, IDRC library, etc.
- General information: info@idrc.ca; Access library catalogues and databases: idrinfo@idrc.ca;
Library reference desk: reference@idrc.ca; IDRC Publishing: pub@idrc.ca; Reports Online: mag@idrc.ca; Webmaster: webteam@idrc.ca - Head office: Ottawa, Canada (www.idrc.ca); regional offices in Singapore (www.idrc.org.sg), New Delhi (www.idrc.ca/saro), Cairo (www.idrc.ca/cairo), Nairobi (www.idrc.ca/esaro), Dakar (www.idrc.ca/braco), and Montevideo (www.idrc.ca/lacro).
- Programme areas: Environment and Natural Resource Management, Social and Economic Policy, Information and Communication Technologies for Development, and Innovation, Policy, and Science (see www.idrc.ca)