Globally, remittances sent home by migrant workers are estimated to be anywhere from 3 to 4 times aid flows. The two data dashboards above are aimed at providing a comparison between foreign aid flows from Canada and estimates of remittance outflows from Canada to the same [...]
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 [...]
The forthcoming edition of the SAIS Review published by Johns Hopkins University Press includes an article titled “Fast Data, Slow Policy: Making the Most of Disruptive Innovation in International [...]
To ensure what comes after the Millennium Development Goals, which end in 2015, is measurable and realistic, the post-2015 agenda has called for a “data revolution”. The revolution, it is hoped, will enhance the quality and accessibility of information available to all stakeholders to monitor [...]
Canada has committed an additional $3.5 billion to maternal and newborn child health (MNCH), from 2015 to 2020. This is an amount higher than what non-governmental organizations were calling for. The present commitment made in 2010 at the Muskoka G8 summit expires in 2015. This new announcement [...]
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 [...]
This workshop report summarizes the discussions had at the Post-2015 Data Test Canada [...]
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