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Following Africa's Lead 2007
Too often, says Connie Freeman, when people in the North attempt to understand Africa, they reach for a tired script with a well-worn plot and a predictable ending. This standard scenario casts Africa as a continent largely beyond hope. But IDRC’s Nairobi-based Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa has seen subtle shifts that hint at a different story.

Message on tobacco control from the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre 2010-06
At the conclusion of its regularly scheduled meeting of June 22 to 23, 2010, the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre issued a message in response to correspondence Governors have received on tobacco control.

Personal message from Barbara McDougall, Chairman of the Board of the International Development Research Centre 2010-06