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Ahmed Galal, a member of the IDRC Board of Governors since September 2005, has been named Egypt’s new Finance Minister. He accepted the post in the cabinet of Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi on July 14.

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This funding will provide two-year fellowships to 30 students from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to allow them to pursue master's degrees in science at leading universities in the region.

Read more of the announcement entitled 'Southeast Asian Uplands Agriculture Fellowships'

Issues relating to the size of manufacturing firms are central to the discussion of development strategies. This book offers an interpretation of growth trajectories in the size-structure of enterprises in the manufacturing sector of selected Asian economies.

Read more of the announcement entitled 'MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE IN ASIA - Size structure and economic growth'

The Fund is looking to harness the best of the private, public and non-governmental sectors to expand its research portfolio and lay the groundwork for scaling-up research results and innovations – within a country, across a region, and possibly, across continents.

Read more of the announcement entitled 'New research call from Canadian International Food Security Research Fund to focus on improving food production and distribution'

(Ottawa, October 3, 2012) – Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) today signed an agreement to invest up to $12.5 million in the International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS).

Read more of the announcement entitled 'IDRC and SSHRC Launch New International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies '