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The last word must go to Lester Pearson, a voice from 1967 with a message for our time: “The need to develop more effective and useful relations between the developed and developing areas of the world has become as much a challenge to our domestic policy as it is to our external policy …. The rapidly advancing technology and the complex interrelationships of today’s global society demand that the fundamental problems of man be dealt with on an international and interprofessional basis.”

The founding Act; the foresight to provide a sovereign Board (convening scientists and intellectuals from both the developing and developed worlds); the trust and confidence accrued in the research communities of the developing regions, the convening power for partnerships, and the ability to attract expert and dedicated staff — all these establish IDRC as a proven knowledge bridge between Canada and the developing world.

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