This submission to Canada's Department of Finance Consultation on Official Development Assistance addresses both: Canada’s presence in multilateral institutions, and improvements in transparency and [...]
The 2020 Fall Economic Statement (FES) did not allocate any additional resources to Canada’s International Assistance Envelope (IAE), the main instrument that funds foreign aid and Canada’s contribution to global COVID response. The aim of this analysis is to discuss long-term scenarios for the [...]
How have Canadian exports performed during COVID19 and what is needed to ‘build back better’? We discuss recommendations to address two structural vulnerabilities apparent in Canada’s export performance during COVID: poor diversification and risks from [...]
Risks from deglobalization are greater for Canada than its peers. Building Back Better with a focus on Countering Deglobalization presents opportunities for Canada. This analysis provides a situational overview and offers 4 policy ideas on migration and [...]
Canada should make four commitments on international development immediately. This analysis provides an updated state-of-play, and makes the case for Canada to: Preserve and codify recent additions in the IAE base; Lead support for the IMF’s Mobilizing with Africa 2 deliverables; Enhance [...]
The recent, September 23, Throne Speech, offers a significant opportunity to meaningfully stimulate Canada’s support for development. It is incumbent on the sector, especially in the period out to the Fall fiscal update, to push the government to follow up its words with action in the form of a [...]
This report presents Canadian International Development Platform and Engineers Without Borders Canada submission to Global Affairs Canada's international climate finance [...]
This analysis updates our past work on climate-related development finance (CRDF). First, we outline the broad contours of the CRDF space. Second, we analyze Canada’s CRDF portfolio in greater depth, focusing on two key areas: the increasing use of debt instruments; and the overlap between gender [...]
COVID-19 has had widespread impacts in terms of slowdowns across a range of sectors. This analysis aims to quantify the slowdown in international development project starts and GAC [...]
This analysis compares development spending for three countries – Canada, Ireland, and Norway – that are competing for the two available rotational UN Security Council (UNSC) seats, the outcome of which will start to emerge after June [...]
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