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Stephen Baranyi
Full professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
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Haiti: Beyond the Headlines
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- March 5, 2019
For a few weeks after protests reignited in Haiti’s major cities on 7 February 2019, the media carried images of angry protesters and much speculation on what this meant for the embattled country. Familiar tropes dominated the narrative: “the people” …
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Lessons from Canadian Involvement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- Analysis
- November 1, 2018
As Stephen Brown noted in a recent blog, much of the media commentary on the latest Peer Review of Canada’s development co-operation has focused on its recommendations to increase spending and implement the Feminist International Assistance Policy. Brown reminds …
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Les personnes handicapées et la coopération Canado–Haïtienne (French only)
- Analysis
- April 15, 2016
par Stephen Baranyi et Ilionor Louis
Lorsqu’Haïti apparaît dans les médias canadiens, ces jours-ci, c’est généralement la crise électorale qui attire notre attention. La gestion problématique et la contestation des élections en août et octobre 2015, ainsi que les difficultés …
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Finding Canada’s Way Again on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Analysis
- March 31, 2016
Introduction: Disability and Global Development
There are over one billion persons with disabilities in the world today. Although many are at the “bottom billion” of the global hierarchy, over the past decade they have capably organized to get their rights …
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Canadian aid+ to fragile and conflict-affected states: From crisis to opportunity?
- Analysis
- November 17, 2015
By Stephen Baranyi
The arrival of a new government in Ottawa presents an opportunity to reposition Canada in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) such as Afghanistan, Haiti and South Sudan, where distinct mixes of weak public institutions, high levels of …
READ MORELearning from the Evaluation of Canada’s Engagement in Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities
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- May 6, 2015
In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel to discuss the …
READ MOREWhat Should Canada Do About Cuba’s Participation in the Americas Summit?
- Analysis
- September 11, 2014
This commentary reflects the public remarks and off-the-record discussion with officials at the forum on Cuba, the 2015 Americas Summit, and Beyond: Obstacles and Opportunities, which was co-sponsored by CIPS on September 4, 2014.
Most Latin American and Caribbean …
READ MORECrisis in South Sudan: What Role for Canada?
- Analysis
- March 5, 2014
By Stephen Baranyi and Tag Elkhazin
The signing of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement/Army sparked optimism that the country could find a way out of its devastating cycle …
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Canada and Bangladesh: Beyond Rana Plaza
- Analysis
- January 20, 2014
By Alicia Dobson and Stephen Baranyi
This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Syed Sajjadur Rahman, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out of Fragility symposium held at the University of Ottawa on November 26, …
READ MORELessons from Canada’s Development Engagement in Fragile States
- Analysis
- February 21, 2013
For anyone who thought that ‘fragile states’ would quietly fade off Canadian policy agendas when Canadian forces withdrew from Kandahar, the last year has been full of surprises. In 2012, Mali—long considered a paragon of democracy and a stable African …
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