This multidisciplinary focus continues IDRC's search for effective and more holistic solutions to development challenges. IDRC's Approach Knowledge is the key. Sustainable improvements in human well-being depend on knowledge, its production, distribution, ownership, and wise application. Research is the means. Research done in and by a country is vitally important for the production of knowledge needed for its development.
People are the vehicle.
Development takes place when men, women and their communities develop the ability to identify and solve their own problems. Sustainable and equitable development is the goal. IDRC is pledged to the generation and use of knowledge in ways that alleviate poverty and improve people's lives. Program Initiatives Explorations International Secretariats Other Centre Programs Program Initiatives. Program initiatives are the Centre's primary programing unit for funding research in developing countries.