The book focuses on the International Development Research
Centre as a unique institution that has funded research in the
developing South--research proposed and undertaken by Southern
researchers--and how, as a result, it has had tremendous impact
despite a relatively small budget. The IDRC is much better known in
the developing South than in Canada; in many of the roughly 150
countries in which it has provided research funding it has
contributed to creating a very positive image of Canada. The
centre's arms-length relationship with Canadian government
assistance provides it with enormous freedom and flexibility--it
was established in 1970 with its own act under the Trudeau
government. The IDRC board is one-half international and one-half
Canadian and is the only governmental agency in the world that has
this structure, giving them unique insight into Southern
development issues.
One of the IDRC's founding principles was its insistence on
having Southern researchers decide which projects would be put
forward for possible funding, and much care has been taken to avoid
"research imperialism" or "colonialism." An analysis of the path
less travelled, but which IDRC found amenable, is fundamental to
this history of the centre, and the book highlights the decisions,
ideas, and practices that flow from this basic premise.
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