Out of Fragility: Evidence from Bangladesh, Part 1
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Mr. Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Summit: What’s Still Missing?
- 11 juin 2014
By Rieky Stuart and Stephen Brown
Published on the McLeod Group Blog, June 10, 2014
The Canadian government’s recent Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Summit in Toronto has not lacked for cheerleaders, especially NGOs receiving funding under the …
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An Ex-CIDA Officer’s Reflections on Afghanistan: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- 13 mars 2014
The departure of Canadian troops from Afghanistan does not mark the end of Canadian aid to that country. To move forward, however, Canada must accept the strategic mistakes of the past and record the lessons learned, not only to avoid …
EN SAVOIR PLUSAid Budgets or Poverty Reduction? Worry About the Right Priority First
- 20 février 2014
The federal government announced a 7.5% cut in Canada’s Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) budget for the fiscal year 2012. In addition, former CIDA funds not spent (and thus lapsed) represented close to 10% of CIDA’s aid budget for 2012. The …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhen Policy Coherence is a Bad Thing
- 3 février 2014
In July 2013, when the government abolished the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and transferred its functions to the newly renamed Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), it did so mainly in the name of policy coherence. The …
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Reflections on Aid and Security in Afghanistan
- 30 janvier 2014
This is a follow-up to the excellent and timely comments by Professor Roland Paris on the implications of an attack by the Taliban on a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul, a few weeks ago.
Taliban attacks are common in Afghanistan, including …
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Canada and Bangladesh: Beyond Rana Plaza
- 20 janvier 2014
By Alicia Dobson and Stephen Baranyi
This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Syed Sajjadur Rahman, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out of Fragility symposium held at the University of Ottawa on November 26, …
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Bangladesh: The Future of Development Partnerships
- 20 janvier 2014
By Syed Sajjadur Rahman, Visiting Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa
This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Stephen Baranyi and Alicia Dobson, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhy is Ottawa Accelerating its International Aid Budget Cuts by Stealth?
- 14 janvier 2014
by Bruce Montador
The Harper government started two years ago to cut back on official development assistance (ODA), announcing in 2012 a three-year series of cuts (even if Canada is among the donor countries least under fiscal pressure to cut …
EN SAVOIR PLUSA Post-2015 Development Agenda: Into the Last (Long) Lap
- 16 octobre 2013
Post-2015 is becoming the biggest development game in town, especially New York. A flurry of activity in the summer months climaxed at the end of September with a UNGA ‘Special Event’ at which leaders from both developed and developing countries …
EN SAVOIR PLUSIs the Global Partnership Ready to Broaden Its Mandate?
- 4 septembre 2013
Partnership, especially global, has to be a good thing. But many saw the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation as a flawed last-minute compromise agreed at the 2011 Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea.
The question remains whether the …
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CIDA Merger is Fine, but Fundamental Questions of Policy Remain Unresolved
- 22 mars 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, March 22, 2013
Thursday’s announcement that the Canadian International Development Agency will be folded into the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade leaves critical questions about Canada’s aid policy unanswered.
First, regardless …
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Canada Must Do Much More to Promote Ethical Mining
- 11 mars 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, March 11, 2013
Recent months have seen heated debate about CIDA’s venture into funding partnerships between Canadian mining companies and international development NGOs. Earlier in March, CIDA Minister Julian Fantino told a gathering of …
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