International Development

Women’s Development in Afghanistan: Ensuring Sustainable Gains 0
- Analysis
- February 29, 2016
International Women’s Day should be marked by acknowledging that claims — made by the international community and the Afghan government — of advances in promoting women’s rights in Afghanistan are largely disconnected from reality. Human Rights Watch and the Afghan …
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Canada in Afghanistan: A Role Model for Canada’s Middle East Mission?0
- Analysis
- February 17, 2016
While recalling six fighter jets from the bombing mission in the Middle East, Canada promises to provide military training, humanitarian aid, and diplomacy in fostering a peace process. The Liberal government’s promise of humanitarian assistance and intent to find a …
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Canadian aid+ to fragile and conflict-affected states: From crisis to opportunity?0
- 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 …
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Working Group on International Development 0
- Report
- November 15, 2015
The world is in the midst of a complex and dramatic set of transformations. The traditional view of “international development” as solely a matter of charity and moral importance, secondary to Canada’s hard interests, is long outdated. The complex, inter-related …
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Low-Fee Private Schools and Development: What Do We Really Know?0
- Analysis
- September 8, 2015
by Prachi Srivastava

I have been researching low-fee private schooling for nearly a decade and a half. No one could be happier that the issue is finally receiving the high-level attention it deserves, with discussions in development circles and an …
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CIDA’s Summative Evaluation and On-the-ground Realities in Afghanistan 0
- Analysis
- May 21, 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 …
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Reflections on Gender in the DFATD Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program 0
- Analysis
- May 18, 2015
By Sarah Tuckey

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…
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DFATD’s Evaluation of Canadian Aid to Afghanistan: A Missed Opportunity 0
- Analysis
- May 7, 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 …
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Learning from the Evaluation of Canada’s Engagement in Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities 0
- Analysis
- 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 …
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International Aid Transparency: Cui Bono?0
- Analysis
- March 10, 2015
By Catherine Weaver (University of Texas at Austin and Innovations for Peace and Development) and Josh Powell (Development Gateway and AidData, Washington, DC)

Over the past decade, the international aid transparency movement has made considerable progress in opening the information …
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What Counts as Policy Failure — And Why it Matters 0
- Analysis
- March 6, 2015
When things go wrong in politics, the word ‘failure’ gets bandied around a lot. In recent weeks, we’ve heard about the failure of Canadian drug policy (as admitted by Stephen Harper), the failure of Canadian diplomatic efforts to get Barack …
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Is the Global Partnership Ready for Action?0
- Analysis
- February 25, 2015
The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation was born at a global conference held in Busan, Korea in 2011 to confront concerns that old-fashioned aid (ODA) was not working. Billions were being spent and the Global South’s poor and vulnerable …
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