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Commitment, not coherence, is what is needed – the end of CIDA
Ten days ago, in Budget 2013, Minister Flaherty announced that the Canadian International Development Agency, which would have celebrated its 45th year this year, will be folded into the Department of...
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Post-2015 framework still misses the meaning of “partnership”
High Level Panel of Experts on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Bali, Indonesia, meeting around “The Global Partnership” “A partnership of equals.” This was the tag line on a set of banners on the...
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Who says trade and growth will lead to development?
Aid hasn’t done much for development, and even less for sustainable growth in countries. In fact everything but aid – trade liberalization, productivity and technology gains, income redistribution,...
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Aid by numbers: Canadian aid over the past decade
April is an exciting month for Canadian aid statisticians and stats fans – all ten of us. (Yes. This is a blog on statistics.) The Government’s Statistical Report on International Assistance comes out,...
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Budget Bill: Good foundation for CIDA-DFAIT merger
Yesterday the federal government tabled Bill C-60 before parliament. It includes new legislation that will shape the amalgamation of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) into the new...
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Are NGOs whiners, winners or what?
Bold statements and polarized commentaries make for interesting reads. They immediately situate you on one side or the other of a debate, which can be fun. You’re engaged. But they don’t leave much...
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Investment, innovation, impact: Keep your ‘I’s on the (development) prize
Last week, development blogger and thinker extraordinaire, Duncan Green, was in town promoting his book, “From Poverty to Power,” and giving a public lecture. Among the range of topics that he covered,...
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CIDA-DFAIT Merger: So what next?
Today the Finance Committee went through a clause-by-clause reading of the Budget Bill, including the new legislation governing the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) / Department of...
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Will the world be transformed in 2015?
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, 2005. The Paraisópolis favela (Paradise City shanty town) borders the affluent district of Morumbi in São Paulo, Brazil (Photo: Tuca Vieira) I am of two minds about the new report by...
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Going beyond aid
I can’t tell you how many times this year I have heard that the percentage of aid to developing countries has declined relative to all other official and private flows (including remittances) – roughly...
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CIDA-DFAIT merger: development as if poverty mattered?
On Wednesday of this week, Bill C-60 and the legislation governing the merger of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade...
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In 2015 Canada must link disaster reduction with poverty reduction
Looking down from the Calgary Tower less than two weeks after the floods. Just back from a long and much needed vacation, including a trip to Calgary in early July. The holiday was planned long ago,...
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What’s in a name? (Or the art of rebranding)
September has been insanely busy, and October doesn’t look like it is going to let up. So to ease myself back into the blogosphere, here is some short and light food for thought. Ever since I came back...
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Was last week’s speech thrown?
Ok. The title is a bit forced. But last week’s throne speech was both inspired in tone, but fell short in deliverables, with a policy agenda that will tweak rather than transform. And as we look ahead...
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Fast start, slow finish on Canadian climate finance
The 19th Session of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is set to start next Monday. For twelve days, thousands of governments,...
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You say you want a revolution
Back in May 2013, when the High Level Panel of Experts on the Post 2015 Agenda released their report on what should succeed the Millennium Development Goals, one of their big calls to action was for a...
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Unprotected – How Canadian aid got dropped despite Budget 2014
It is hard to describe how I feel about last week’s budget. Elation? Surprise? Relief? Anger? As those who have pored over the pages of “The Road to Balance: Creating Jobs and Opportunities” will know,...
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DFATD: A small step forward on the rights track
Shameless promotion of our new Guide: “Integrating HRBA and Equitable Partnerships into Development Programming: Operationalizing the Istanbul Principles” I’ve got human rights on the brain this week –...
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