Federal budget 2021: foreign aid
Canada says all the right things when it comes to international assistance. It doesn’t back up its words with money.
Stephen Brown / @StephenBrown3
Political science professor, University of Ottawa
Stephen Brown is Professor of Political Science at the University of Ottawa. He has published widely on democratization, political violence, peacebuilding and transitional justice/rule of law, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most of his recent work focuses on foreign aid, especially Canada’s. More information can be found at http://stephenbrown.xyz.
Most Recent Posts
Beyond Aid Budgets: What Canada can do to promote international development
Recent critiques of Canada’s development work
have focused on the amount it invests, but, Stephen Brown argues, the push
should be not just for more aid, but also better aid.
Undermining Foreign Aid
Stephen Brown on the implications of partnerships between Canadian NGOs and mining companies for Canadian foreign aid.
Transitional Justice As Subterfuge
Stephen Brown considers the ICC’s case in Kenya, four years on.