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Transcript of Canadian International Development Platform
The Canadian International Development Platform:
Promoting Transparency and Engaging Canadians on International Development
Aniket Bhushan Governance for Equitable Growth
The North-South Institute
Outline • The North-South Institute
– Canada’s oldest and only think-tank focused on international development. Rated No. 1 small think-tank in the world (under $5mn, McGann, 2012)
• Canadian International Development Platform– Unique interactive data and analytical platform on
Canada’s engagement in the developing world, covering aid and beyond (development >> aid)
• The OECD-DAC architecture and Canada
• Canadian foreign aid: Quick Review
• Challenges and key recent debates
• CIDP Wants YOU
OECD-DAC• Traditional donors club, accounts for the
vast majority of global ODA ($128bn approx / $144bn)
• Main (only) standard setter, fast needing to open up and broaden, facing challenges (non-traditional, civil society)
• But what is “aid”…(not simple, complex sector)… Why give,… (complex incentives)
DAC - CRS• Creditor Reporting System; sectors:
– Social infrastructure
– Economic infrastructure
– Productive sectors
– Multi-sector
– Commodity aid
– Debt relief
– Humanitarian
– Support to NGOs
– Admin costs
– Settlement of refugees
– Unallocated
Canada’s IAE: Quick Review • Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) at the core• Finance, DFAIT (foreign affairs), IDRC, DND,
others also important• Around C$5billion (roughly $150/per Canadian)• CIDA focuses 80% of Bilateral assistance in 20
countries of focus• Mainly SS Africa, but Haiti, Afghanistan most
important
Challenges and key recent debates
• Alignment with broader foreign policy interests (in particular private sector, particular natural resource sector promotion) - DEBATE– Austerity and cuts to Canadian NGO sector
• Dealing with emerging donors (China, India, Brazil, et. al.) challenging the DAC percepts – DEBATE– Inclusiveness (civil society) vs. effectiveness vs. expedience
• Need to move beyond ‘aid effectiveness’ to ‘development effectiveness’ – DEBATE – Results based framework inadequate, causality and
attribution problematic, delays and lagged effects
The North-South Institute
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