On October 28, 2013, the North South Institute (NSI) hosted the Ottawa event of Global Transparency Week (GTW). This was one of 18 high-profile events taking place across the globe focused on open data, transparency, accountability and good [...]
This policy brief outlines the ways in which the United Nations is engaging the private sector for development and provides policy recommendations to improve the current approach. It is based on research conducted for a longer NSI report by José Di Bella, Alicia Grant, Shannon Kindornay and [...]
This policy brief explores the opportunities and concessions granted by Canada’s free trade agreements with Peru and Colombia and how these new opportunities can generate positive impacts on gender [...]
Attention is starting to turn to how the ambitious post-2015 agenda will be financed. High expectations are being set for the role that domestic resource mobilization can play in financing the post-2015 development goals. This new NSI Report analyzes recent domestic resource mobilization [...]
This report presents findings from a mapping study on how different development cooperation actors, including multilateral development institutions, bilateral donors, development finance institutions, providers of South-South Development Cooperation (SSDC), foundations, non-governmental [...]
The policy brief provides the historical context for the MDGs, assesses progress made against the goals and identifies their strengths and [...]
Based on a longer NSI report by Anni-Claudine Bülles and Shannon Kindornay – Beyond Aid: A Plan for Canada’s International Cooperation – this policy brief examines Canada’s approach to policy coherence for development. It makes the case that the current framework guiding foreign aid [...]
This report provides a sense of Canada’s development footprint beyond aid. It does this by drawing on data from The North South-Institute’s Canadian International Development Platform (CIDP) which comprises the most recent data on aid, trade, investment, and migrant remittance flows between [...]
In the year 2000, world leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration. A commitment to a peaceful, prosperous, and just world, the declaration included a set of targets for development and poverty reduction to be reached by 2015. These came to be known as the Millennium Development Goals [...]
This research report looks at Canada’s engagement with the developing world, both in terms of its aid policies and programs, and broader policy coherence for development (PCD). A broader vision that includes aid and non-aid policies is needed for Canada to achieve better PCD and be an effective [...]
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