Chaque goutte d'eau vaut son pesant d'or

Version anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Making the most of minimal wate

Management response to the external review of the Information and Networks program

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Réponse de la direction à l’examen externe du programme Information et réseauxManagement is satisfied with the conduct and findings of the external review and the results of the program. Review recommendations were incorporated into the proposed Networked Economies program. Along with the key learnings outlined, three important lessons emerge from the review: the importance of long-term, persistent support for ideas and partners, the engagement and commitment of professional and competent staff, and making periodic, intentional changes in program strategy. Management concurs that openness, rights, and inclusion continue to be relevant themes in the information and networks field. The proposed Networked Economies program will test and adapt promising innovations and strengthen the enabling environment for innovation

Réponse de la direction à l’examen externe du programme Information et réseaux

Version anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Management response to the external review of the Information and Networks progra

Harnessing innovation in the globalising economy, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Mexico

Presented at the GLOBELICS 6th International Conference 2008 22-24 September, Mexico City, Mexico

Interview with Naser Faruqui

Meeting: World Urban Forum, 19-23 June 2006, Vancouver, BC, C

Making the most of minimal water

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Chaque goutte d'eau vaut son pesant d'o

Distant early warning on water

The article focuses on water management expert Naser Faruqui. In much of the developing world, Faruqui points out, poor people have no choice but to buy water from private vendors. These entrepreneurs fill up pump trucks at a village hydrant, then go house to house peddling water at many times the price paid by the middle class and rich who can afford to hook up to local water systems. He adds that Canada is not immune to water shortages. Its western glaciers are melting earlier and faster every year, causing unmanageable runoff in the spring and inadequate reserves in summer