aid

Looking at the size of aid, Canada’s rank as donor continues to fall. Is it all bad news?

Making poverty history by 2030 will require massive increases in private investment, not just public aid, argues Brett House.

The south is not just a recipient of humanitarian aid. It also has a strong tradition of giving, says Oheneba Boateng.

Aid works have been attacked in Northern Mali. What does it mean for humanitarian access, asks Jérémie Labbé.

John McArthur crunches some very coarse numbers.

Technology-enabled networks are overtaking old-fashioned hierarchies in many sectors, including the aid community says Robert Muggah. Aid agencies would do well to get ahead of this trend.

OpenCanada talked to Nina Munk about Jeffrey Sachs, the Millennium Villages, and measuring the effectiveness of aid.

Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, on the important role of measurement in poverty eradication.

In 1970, we committed to spending 0.7% of our GDP on aid. In the 44 years since, only a small handful of countries have reached that goal. Canada never has. Here we track the progress made by eight countries.

John McArthur on how increasing rural productivity is an effective way to reduce extreme poverty.

Danielle Goldfarb on why Canada’s aid policies need to better reflect the global economic reality.

Heather Keachie on how one person’s emergency food aid can become another person’s candy bar.

Jack C. Chow on how drones can dramatically change aid – if only we can overcome the stigma associated with them.

Nathaniel A. Raymond, Brittany Card, and Ziad Al Achkar on why drones should not be deployed in humanitarian operations

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Adam McCauley reports on the many challenges facing Haiti and the failure to meet them.

From a united Europe to American exceptionalism.

Integrating militaries and humanitarian actors in Afghanistan came with a cost.

Aid agencies must find a way to work with militaries and still be neutral.

Canada is an international leader. Now act like one, writes Jennifer Jeffs.