| A Summary of the IDRC Act |
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The International Development Research Centre Act is the federal Act of Parliament that established the Centre. After its unanimous passage in the House of Commons, it was granted Royal Assent on May 13, 1970. The Act defines our mandate and purpose: The objects of the Centre are to initiate, encourage, support and conduct research into the problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific, technical and other knowledge to the economic and social advancement of those regions and, in carrying out those objects: (a) to enlist the talents of natural and social scientists and technologists in Canada and other countries; (b) to assist the developing regions to build up the research capabilities, the innovative skills and the institutions required to solve their problems; (c) to encourage generally the coordination of international development research; and (d) to foster cooperation in research on development problems between the developed and developing regions for their mutual benefit. The International Development Research Centre Act and General Bylaw sets out the Act's full text.
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