Bridget Steele

Canada’s Covax Dilemma: A lesson in the need for more thoughtful messaging and meaningful transparency

Key data and analysis on Canada's global COVID-19 response and Covax dilemma. [...]
Stepping Up to the Plate or Plugging Holes in a Dam? OECD-DAC Donors and Global COVID19 Response

In early April, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) will release preliminary official development assistance (ODA) figures for 2020. This release is expected to include the OECD-DAC’s estimate of donor contributions to the [...]
Throne Speech: Opportunity to Stimulate Canada’s Support for Development

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 [...]
ODA in response to crises: Portfolio risks and fragmentation

This analysis is the third in a series on risks to development outcomes stemming from donor response to the COVID-19 crisis. We argue that there is a high probability that the crisis will cause a fragmentation of donor programming portfolios and that this fragmentation typically favors multilateral [...]
ODA is “recession proof”: a reality check

In this analysis we outline second and third-order risks to development stemming from donor's response to the crisis. We hypothesize that the risks to development spending are longer term and independent of the significant temporal uncertainty, because the crisis is already long and deep enough to [...]
Economic development and poverty reduction amid COVID-19: Projections, scenarios, and associated uncertainties

This analysis, the first in a series, outlines projected effects of COVID-19 on global economic growth, trade, investment, and remittances, and global poverty reduction, before providing a specific outlook on Canadian economic [...]
Where do the major political parties stand on development going into the election?

This analysis provides a quick overview of major party platforms and policy ideas related to development going into the 2019 Canadian federal election. [...]
Canadian Aid and the SDGs – Prioritization, Resourcing, and Influence

Canada on the Global Stage: Where to Next?, a data-driven guide to evaluating political promises as we head into the 2019 federal election [...]
Key Takeaways from Eric Werker’s Talk on Deals and Development: The Political Dynamics of Growth Episodes

Takeaways from Nov 19 presentation and discussion by Eric Werker on Deals and Development: The Political Dynamics of Growth Episodes. [...]
Are Trump’s Iron and Steel, and Aluminum Tariffs Hurting Canadian Exports?

In this report we analyze recently released monthly Canadian International Merchandise Trade data to identify the impact of President Trump's tariffs on the month-on-month change of Canadian iron and steel, and aluminum exports to the United [...]

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