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Refugees are typically exposed to high rates of poverty and food insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the multiple crises they have to endure.

New global public health challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and extreme weather crises, have made emergency response and recovery an urgent area of practice and research around the world.

A comprehensive UN review of progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals shows that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lags behind in socioeconomic development and in achieving gender equality, including reducing sexual violence and ending child marriage by 2030.

The impacts of climate change disproportionately affect the poor, women, girls and marginalized populations, especially in the Global South.

The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) is a multi-donor initiative that seeks to strengthen the capacities of science granting councils in Sub-Saharan Africa to support research and evidence-based policies that will contribute to economic and social development.

The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) is a multi-donor initiative funded by IDRC, the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), South Africa’s National Research Foundation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and the German Research Foundation.

Bolivia is an important energy and natural gas exporter with significant influence in central South America.

The COVID-19 pandemic increased global food insecurity, deepened gender inequality and created a general crisis in the informal food sector in cities of the Global South.

The Fund for Future Climate-smart Livestock Systems in Africa is a partnership between IDRC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Data and digital technologies have enormous potential to foster inclusive governance, but uncontested narratives in the public sphere can also create divides that entrench social and economic inequalities.

The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) aims to strengthen the capacities of science granting councils (SGCs) to support research that contributes to social and economic development in Africa.

The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) is a multi-donor initiative that seeks to strengthen the capacities of science granting councils in Sub-Saharan Africa to support research and evidence-based policies that will contribute to economic and social development.

The shift to low-carbon economies will have clear benefits for the planet.

The lack of safe drinking water has led to informal ways to access water and informal vending practices.

At almost six million people, the Santals (largely found in eastern India) form the third-largest tribal group in the country.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused radical changes to markets, consumers and supply chains, particularly impacting small and micro businesses.