As of 2015, 76 countries around the world criminalize consensual same-sex relationships. In the development and human rights communities, violence, discrimination, and inequality are often considered a barrier to progress and now, questions of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) are being [...]
"Blended finance" is a key emerging area in development finance. We take a deeper look at measurement and reporting issues, and leverage effects. [...]
"Blended finance" is a key emerging area in development finance. We make sense of it and share key resources. [...]
Examining post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. How does Canada compare to other [...]
Education is vital to improving health, building peaceful societies, ending poverty and improving gender equality – yet despite its critical importance, global financing for education has declined in recent years, even while investment in other areas of international development has [...]
Is there a link between Canadian exports and official development assistance? Results from an augmented gravity model, looking at Canadian exports and ODA to developing countries 1989-2015. [...]
CIDP and GPE collaboration on why teachers are critical to overcoming the education quality challenge and improving student learning to achieve [...]
Additionality in the context of development finance institutions (DFIs), private finance mobilization by official development finance, Canada’s role in disaster risk reduction (DRR), feminist international assistance in sub-Saharan Africa, and our Lead Analyst joins the Policy Talks podcast to [...]
Analyzing the FIAP commitment to ensure that “no less than 50% of bilateral ODA is allocated to countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by 2021-22”. Does the target make sense? Is it ambitious? How does it relate to what we know about the changing geography of poverty and need? [...]
Additionality remains one of the most confusing concepts in development finance. The need for a common understanding of additionality in the context of DFIs is highlighted by increasing interest in capturing private finance mobilized by official development finance in OECD-DAC reporting and [...]
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