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Stephen Brown
Professor, School of Political Studies

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Budget 2019: Peanuts for International Development 0
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- 22 mars 2019
From the international development perspective, Budget 2019 is the most disappointing federal budget since the current Liberal government was elected. Foreign aid warrants a mere three paragraphs. The first repeats past commitments and the third describes how the government will …
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Budget Bill Will Reduce Government Accountability for Canadian Foreign Aid 0
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- 28 novembre 2018
By Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill

To help ensure that Canadian foreign aid is spent on supporting people in need in developing countries — rather than things like white elephants and Canadian commercial interests — Canada has legislation that mandates …
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Beyond Aid Budgets: What Canada Can Do to Promote International Development 0
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- 10 octobre 2018
Of late, many commentators, from humble bloggers to the more august Toronto Star and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), have lamented Canada’s relative lack of generosity in foreign aid and called on the Canadian government to increase the …
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What Do Canada’s Peers Say about Canadian Development Co-operation?0
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- 19 septembre 2018
by Hunter McGill and Stephen Brown

Every five years or so, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducts a “peer review” of the countries that belong to its Development Assistance Committee (DAC). This year was Canada’s turn and …
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The ODA Accountability Act at Ten: Time for an Update 0
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- 5 septembre 2018
by Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill

Ten years ago, the Canadian parliament unanimously passed the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act, following years of intensive lobbying by Canadian civil society organizations. Prior to 2008, Canada had not had any legislation …
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The Commonwealth’s Refusal to Address LGBTI Rights 0
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- 25 avril 2018
One of the best predictors of whether a country criminalizes homosexuality is whether it is a member of the Commonwealth. In 36 out of 53 Commonwealth countries, sexual acts in private between two consenting adults of the same sex are …
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Canada Among Donors: What Do the Latest Foreign Aid Statistics Tell Us?0
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- 17 avril 2018
The preliminary aid statistics for 2017 are now out. What do they tell us about global trends and Canadian foreign aid?

Globally, official development assistance (ODA) from traditional donors has held steady. The total amount, US$147 billion, is down slightly …
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Budget 2018: A Bit of Good News for Development 0
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- 1 mars 2018
by Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill

If you watched Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget speech in the House of Commons yesterday, you had to be paying close attention to catch the one sentence that refers to foreign aid: “We will …
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“The System is Broken”: Canada’s Latest Rationale for Stinginess 0
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- 2 octobre 2017
“I would love to increase the aid budget,” admitted Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Liberal Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to Canada’s Minister of International Development, speaking at a recent conference organized by the Canadian Council for International Co-operation. But, she argued, …
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Harper Lite? Le gouvernement Trudeau et l’aide au développement 0
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- 2 avril 2017
Le gouvernement libéral de Justin Trudeau a transformé l’image de l’engagement du Canada sur la scène internationale, passant d’un ton autoritaire et mesquin aux «voies ensoleillées». Cependant, en ce qui concerne l’aide au développement, ses actions ne reflètent pas la …
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Qu’est-il advenu de l’efficacité de l’aide ?0
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- 6 décembre 2016
Au début des années 2000, les bailleurs de fonds occidentaux ont enfin reconnu que si les résultats de l’aide au développement étaient souvent décevants, c’était qu’ils détenaient eux-mêmes une partie de la responsabilité. La Déclaration de Paris sur l’efficacité de …
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Policy Coherence for Development: Putting it into Practice 0
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- 24 juin 2016
Providing foreign aid is only one among many things that countries like Canada can do to promote international development. Official development assistance (ODA) on its own is not sufficient to help developing countries radically improve the lot of their poor …
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