Bruce Muirhead is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Waterloo and the associate dean, Graduate Studies and Research. He is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). He has written extensively on post-Second World War Canadian commercial, economic, and political history. He is the co-editor, along with Ron Harpelle, of Long-Term Solutions for a Short-Term World: Canada and Research Development (WLU Press, 2011).
Table of Contents for
IDRC: 40 Years of Ideas, Innovation, and Impact by Bruce Muirhead and
Ronald N. Harpelle
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Foreword Barbara McDougall
Introduction: Canada and the "Evolution" of Development Assistance, 1945-70
Chapter 1. The Idea Bears Fruit, 1967-70
Chapter 2. IDRC Takes Shape: David Hopper Sets the Pace, 1970-77
Chapter 3. Ivan Head at the Helm, Part I: 1978-83: IDRC in High Gear:
Projects, Plans, and Operations
Chapter 4. Ivan Head Redux, 1983-91: A Darkening Horizon
Chapter 5. Cutbacks and Countermeasures: Keith Bezanson and IDRC in
Retreat, 1991-97
Chapter 6. Maureen O'Neil and a New Millennium, 1997-2008: On the Road
Again
Chapter 7. Conclusion
Appendix
Index
