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By NASER FARUQUI

The political dramas unfolding in Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries present pivotal opportunities: They improve the prospects for harnessing science and its values to advance sustainable and equitable development, openness and democracy in the Islamic world.

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India’s labour force is fast approaching half a billion people, with about 8 million people added every year between the early 1990s and 2004-2005, but there remains a wide wage gap between different sectors of the Indian workforce.

Read more of the article entitled 'Many Jobs, Few Opportunities: Can Uneven Growth Help India's Poor?'

By Hélène Mayrand et Edgard Rodriguez

In today’s globalized world, exporting is one of the key policy strategies to promote employment and higher wages in developing countries.

Read more of the article entitled 'Trade, jobs, and wages: Does exporting matter for the poor in South Africa?'

By Louise Guénette

Three IDRC regional directors retired in the fall of 2010 after heading offices in Cairo, Nairobi, and Singapore. Eglal Rached, Constance Freeman, and Richard Fuchs look back at some significant moments during their careers at IDRC.

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With over 2,000 dead and more than 6,500,000 at risk from cholera, urgent measures are being implemented to contain the cholera outbreak in Haiti, which is present in all ten of Haiti's departments.

Read more of the article entitled 'Lessons learned in Argentina helping Haiti cope with cholera'