Economic development is a domestically driven enterprise. No amount of foreign assistance or investment can substitute for a coherent, dynamic and domestically driven capital accumulation, intermediation and mobilization process. Such a process is vital, even in the poorest of countries, so that [...]
The clear, quantifiable and time-bound nature of the MDGs, with goals, targets, and indicators by which progress can be measured, has been heralded as one of their most valuable features. It is likely that the post-2015 agenda will be framed in a similar way, but with a new set of [...]
The data presented consists of information pulled from the T3010 tax returns filed with Canada Revenue Agency by all registered Canadian charities. This dashboard can be used to explore and compare Canadian charities active internationally; by revenue, share of revenue from federal government, from [...]
Foreign aid is only one of the ways by which Canada engages with developing countries. This infographic compares foreign aid with other flows such as trade, investment and remittances, between Canada and developing countries. [...]
As policymakers prepare to establish the Post-2015 agenda, much attention has been placed on partnerships with the private sector. This paper examines how cross-sector collaborations can create shared benefits for the private sector, civil society and governments in the realization of sustainable [...]
This report presents a review of ethics in OECD-DAC and UN policies for partnership with the private sector. The report seeks to identify which ethical principles have been, or can be, applied to partnerships with the private sector for development, and how development actors act to promote [...]
As Canada’s maternal, newborn and child health summit — the first of its kind — kicks off today, the Conservative government might very well pat itself on the [...]
This policy brief offers a preliminary data analysis of Canada’s Muskoka MNCH health financing initiative, placing the same in the wider context of global health [...]
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