To deal with the tangled nature of development issues, IDRC has pioneered new approaches for delivering its program of research support. Rather than starting with one discipline and seeking to solve a problem, IDRC will start with the problem and consider what knowledge and which disciplines can contribute to its solution. 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.