Perspectives

IDRC’s experts reflect on the current issues and approaches challenging the international development sector, and the role of research in finding solutions.

Our collaborations with researchers, policymakers, and international development practitioners help to foster leading thinkers with well-informed views. Their diverse insights and opinions represent our commitment to advancing knowledge and using rigorous research to find sustainable solutions to international development challenges.  

Take a look to enjoy fresh perspectives, creative ideas, and astute observations that will encourage you to contemplate the sector’s big issues. 

Giving girls and women the power to decide
Published date: March 28, 2018
Building resilience through socially equitable climate action
Published date: March 23, 2018
Birth registration is the basis for advancing gender equality and children’s rights
Published date: February 22, 2018
OECD’s Development Co-Operation Report highlights critical role of data to achieve development objectives
Published date: February 14, 2018
Can South Asia address barriers to women’s paid work?
Published date: January 22, 2018
Achieving the health related SDGs — why we need major shifts in thinking
Published date: January 10, 2018
Canada can learn from Uganda’s gender budgeting experience
Published date: January 10, 2018
Can more inclusive trade promote gender equality?
Published date: December 20, 2017
Expanding women’s financial inclusion: A win-win for women and financial institutions
Published date: November 30, 2017
Making the invisible visible: gender, data, and evidence for development
Published date: November 29, 2017