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Development Partnership Part 2: A Canadian Action Agenda
- 10 octobre 2018
This blog continues from Part 1, The Way of the Future.
A solid agenda exists of desirable institutional changes in Global Affairs Canada (GAC, and other public entities) over the next few years. We need to start building new …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBeyond Aid Budgets: What Canada Can Do to Promote International Development
- 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 …
EN SAVOIR PLUSUnderstanding “Ethnic Conflict”
- 7 octobre 2018
By Marie-Eve Desrosiers and Srdjan Vucetic
“Ethnic conflict” elicits no shortage of strong scholarly opinion and debate. But what exactly is the causal relationship between ethnicity and violence? And what does “causal” mean in this context anyway? Since ethnic conflict …
EN SAVOIR PLUSVers une nouvelle ère dans les relations entre la Cour pénale internationale et l’Afrique?
- 6 octobre 2018
Par Pacifique Manirakiza
Le mois de septembre 2018 a enregistré deux événements importants, qui sont passés presque inaperçus, en dépit de leur potentielle signification politique et juridique sur le plan de la justice pénale internationale, plus particulièrement leur impact sur …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTrans Mountain Clarifies Canada’s Climate–Energy Choices
- 3 octobre 2018
Since the court decision of August 30th that put the Trans Mountain pipeline on hold —and the cat decidedly among the pigeons — Canada’s energy/climate politics has been strangely quiet. Trans Mountain was the last of a batch of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhy We Aren’t Ready for the Next Financial Crisis
- 27 septembre 2018
Ten years ago, as the global economy slipped ever closer to a total meltdown, regulators were slow to recognize the severity of the problem because they were looking in the wrong direction.
Transcripts from the US Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee …
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What Do Canada’s Peers Say about Canadian Development Co-operation?
- 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 …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDecisive Action is Overdue to Protect the Rohingyas
- 15 septembre 2018
By John Packer
Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution
Finally, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has stated the obvious: the Rohingya …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Feminist International Assistance: Can Bad Policy be Well Implemented? (Part 1)
- 13 septembre 2018
Last summer, the government of Canada launched its “feminist international assistance policy,” a radical rebranding to a “truly feminist approach that supports the economic, political and social empowerment of women and girls, and makes gender equality a priority, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Feminist International Assistance: Can Bad Policy be Well Implemented? (Part 2)
- 13 septembre 2018
In Part 1 of this blog post, I ranted about discussed why Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy is likely to fail. However, even a bad policy can be implemented in ways that make failure less likely and create opportunities …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTreason or Good Management? How Officials React When the Boss Goes Rogue
- 12 septembre 2018
Lauchlan T. Munro
School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa
Should we be surprised that a senior official in the Trump administration has admitted to thwarting the president’s expressed wishes and intentions? I for one am not. …
EN SAVOIR PLUSFord and the Future of Canadian Climate Policy
- 6 septembre 2018
In the fallout from Doug Ford’s election as Premier of Ontario, two things have dominated public debate regarding climate policy. One, the provincial cap and trade plan along with the court case to stop the federal government from imposing a …
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