International Development

Future Development Challenges? Afghanistan Remains at the Top of the List
- July 7, 2016
While the joint work of the Afghan government and the international community brought a few benefits for the country, many have not been sustainable. Serious challenges remain unaddressed and require priority attention from analysts, policy-makers, and bureaucrats. Highlighting dubious, anecdotal …
By Nipa Banerjee
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Policy Coherence for Development: Putting it into Practice
- June 24, 2016
Providing foreign aid is only one among many things that countries like Canada can do to promote international development. Official development assistance (ODA) on its own is not sufficient to help developing countries radically improve the lot of their poor …
By Stephen Brown
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A New Era for Persons with Disabilities and International Development?
- May 13, 2016
by Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo

Momentum behind the disability-inclusive development agenda is at an all-time high — and growing. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the key international document, now has 163 States-Parties. Additionally, the Addis Ababa …
By CIPS
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Intersectionality and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Global Development
- April 28, 2016
by Julianne Acker-Verney, Pamela Johnson, and Susan Manning

Intersectionality is a tool that can guide researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to learn about and respond to the diverse experiences of women and men, girls and boys with disabilities and the …
By CIPS
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Disability and Development in Africa: What Role for Canada?
- April 21, 2016
by David Black

It has become widely accepted that the previous Conservative government sharply diminished Canada’s focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Against this backdrop, the new Liberal government has signalled its intent to re-engage.

There are several problems with …
By CIPS
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Les personnes handicapées et la coopération Canado–Haïtienne (French only)
- 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 …
By Stephen Baranyi
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W.E.B. Du Bois: From Global to Transnational Justice
- April 7, 2016
By Inés Valdez

Theories of global justice spring from a genealogy of internationalism that includes the Parliament at The Hague, the League of Nations, and the United Nations. These theories rely on a conceptualization of the West as homogeneously affluent, …
By CIPS
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Finding Canada’s Way Again on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 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 …
By Stephen Baranyi
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Budget 2016: Postponing Decisions on Canada’s Foreign Aid
- March 24, 2016
In its first five months in office, the Liberal government has captured the world’s attention, never losing an opportunity to proclaim that “Canada is back.” In a blog a few months ago, the McLeod Group lamented the new government’s lack …
By Stephen Brown
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Lessons from a Decade in Afghanistan
- March 24, 2016
The lessons below are gleaned from the experiences of the international community in the decade following the overthrow of the Taliban regime. They provide partial answers to the question of why Afghanistan has faced renewed conflict and a resurgent Taliban, …
By Nipa Banerjee
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Migration as a Threat to Foreign Aid?
- March 16, 2016
The current migration crisis poses a threat to foreign aid. By that, I certainly do not mean that the refugees and asylum seekers themselves are dangerous, but rather how Western governments respond to the crisis is already having a negative …
By Stephen Brown
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Ending Poverty by 2030: Sharing Prosperity with the Bottom 40%
- March 1, 2016
By Christopher Lakner, Mario Negre, and Espen Beer Prydz

While the world has seen a rapid reduction in extreme poverty in recent decades, the goal of “ending poverty” by 2030 remains ambitious. The latest estimates show that in 2012 almost …
By CIPS
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