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The June 14 Elections Confirm Afghans’ Verdict Against the Taliban
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- June 16, 2014
On the June 14 election day, Afghans again delivered an anti-Taliban verdict. Despite the strong Taliban offensive preceding the day, 7 million Afghans (60% of registered voters) cast their votes. True, the euphoria that dominated the first round was absent; yet Afghans turned up in numbers as large as before. The voter turnout represents a
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Canadian Military Spending as a Percent of GDP
- Analysis
- June 16, 2014
This chart might come as a surprise to some Canadians. Canada’s defence spending as a percentage of GDP has decreased since 2009 and is now lower than it was when the Conservative government took office. Although, as I noted in an earlier post, GDP per capita is a blunt measure that tells us nothing about
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Mr. Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Summit: What’s Still Missing?
- Analysis
- June 11, 2014
By Rieky Stuart and Stephen Brown Published on the McLeod Group Blog, June 10, 2014 The Canadian government’s recent Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Summit in Toronto has not lacked for cheerleaders, especially NGOs receiving funding under the MNCH initiative. Prior to the summit, only a few critical voices were cited in the media
READ MOREIs Afghanistan Set to Elect a Truly National President?
- Analysis
- June 11, 2014
Afghanistan is getting ready to go to a second round of polls on June 14. The fairly peaceful first round (despite some irregularities and scattered violence in the outlying provinces) symbolized Afghans’ interest in supporting a democratic process to elect a leader for security building, peace and development. While 60% of Afghans cast their votes
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