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Countries in transition. Nurturing research in times of turmoil is key to transforming societies  

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South Africa prepares for democracy  

When South Africa’s first post-apartheid government took office in 1994, it faced many daunting challenges. But the newcomers were well-prepared to tackle them, thanks in part to a bold IDRC initiative that helped South Africa’s government-in-waiting build the policy-making, economic, and consensus-building capacities it would need to run the country and begin healing the wounds of the past.


Keeping ideas alive
in Chile



e-Fez: making government work
for people

 


Interpeace: local solutions, lasting peace

solid research, social progress. understanding that times of flux bring both the risk of chaos and the promise or rapid social and economic progress, IDRC has been involved in some 25 countries on the move from war to peace, from dictatorship to democracy, from closed economies to free markets. Support provided to researchers in South Africa, Chile, Vietnam and other countries helped to preserve the spirit and skills of independent inquiry and usher in new eras of hope and change.


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e-Fez: making government work for people 2010-06
The primary goal of the e-Fez Action Research Project was to make public services more efficient. In doing so, it has also boosted public accountability and promoted the spirit of democracy in Morocco.

Interpeace: local solutions, lasting peace 2010-06
A new approach to finding local solutions to armed conflict and to build lasting peace — now being practised in 15 countries — grew out of a response to a disturbing trend in the early 1990s.

Keeping ideas alive in Chile 2010-06
IDRC support for Chilean social scientists during the dark years of the military dictatorship helped nurture a core group of researchers ready to set their country on the road to democracy.

South Africa prepares for democracy 2010-06
When South Africa’s first post-apartheid government took office in 1994, it faced many daunting challenges. But the newcomers were well-prepared to tackle them, thanks in part to a bold IDRC initiative.



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