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31 juillet 2021, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
At the G7 Leaders Summit (June 2021) Canada announced “a doubling of its international climate finance (ICF) commitment to $5.3billion over the next five years”. We argue how Canada doubles ICF matters more than the fact that it is (...)
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11 mai 2021, par Aniket Bhushan
On April 19, 2021, the Government of Canada (GoC) tabled its first Federal Budget in over 2 years. This analysis looks at the implications of Budget 2021-22 for Canada’s support for development spending.
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28 avril 2021, par Aniket Bhushan
Analysis of 2019-20 actual development spending, based on the Statistical Report released in March 2021.
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27 avril 2021, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
Quick overview of recently updated comparative aid statistics from the OECD-DAC.
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25 février 2021, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
CIDP presents its submission to the Department of Finance Pre-Budget Consultation on Budget 2021. We make three recommendations: more thoughtful messaging and meaningful transparency; commit to sustainable increases in development spending that are maintained beyond crisis mode; and, review (...)
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11 février 2021, par Aniket Bhushan
Key data and analysis on Canada's global COVID-19 response and Covax dilemma.
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11 février 2021, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Bridget Steele, Data, Opinion
In early April, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) will release preliminary official development assistance (ODA) figures for 2020. This release is expected to include the OECD-DAC’s estimate of donor contributions to the global (...)
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23 décembre 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
This submission to Canada's Department of Finance Consultation on Official Development Assistance addresses both: Canada’s presence in multilateral institutions, and improvements in transparency and reporting
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7 décembre 2020, par Aniket Bhushan
The 2020 Fall Economic Statement (FES) did not allocate any additional resources to Canada’s International Assistance Envelope (IAE), the main instrument that funds foreign aid and Canada’s contribution to global COVID response. The aim of this analysis is to discuss long-term scenarios for the (...)
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27 novembre 2020, par Aniket Bhushan
How have Canadian exports performed during COVID19 and what is needed to ‘build back better’? We discuss recommendations to address two structural vulnerabilities apparent in Canada’s export performance during COVID: poor diversification and risks from (...)
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19 octobre 2020, par Aniket Bhushan
Risks from deglobalization are greater for Canada than its peers. Building Back Better with a focus on Countering Deglobalization presents opportunities for Canada. This analysis provides a situational overview and offers 4 policy ideas on migration and (...)
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16 octobre 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
Canada should make four commitments on international development immediately. This analysis provides an updated state-of-play, and makes the case for Canada to: Preserve and codify recent additions in the IAE base; Lead support for the IMF’s Mobilizing with Africa 2 deliverables; Enhance (...)
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25 septembre 2020, par Aniket Bhushan
The recent, September 23, Throne Speech, offers a significant opportunity to meaningfully stimulate Canada’s support for development. It is incumbent on the sector, especially in the period out to the Fall fiscal update, to push the government to follow up its words with action in the form of a (...)
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31 août 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Opinion, Publications
This report presents Canadian International Development Platform and Engineers Without Borders Canada submission to Global Affairs Canada's international climate finance consultations.
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17 juillet 2020, par Aniket Bhushan
The aim of this analysis is to suggest and test an improved method for the valuation of DAC climate-related development financing (CRDF). We compare this new method against the OECD DAC’s climate-related development finance dataset to validate (...)
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15 juillet 2020, par Aniket Bhushan
This analysis updates our past work on climate-related development finance (CRDF). First, we outline the broad contours of the CRDF space. Second, we analyze Canada’s CRDF portfolio in greater depth, focusing on two key areas: the increasing use of debt instruments; and the overlap between (...)
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1er juillet 2020
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14 juin 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Data, Opinion
Canada is competing to win one of the two available seats in the Western Europe and Others Group of states at the United Nations Security Council. This article provides a contextual primer for the election.
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8 juin 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, COVID-19, Data, Opinion
This analysis aims to quantify the slowdown in international development project starts and GAC contracting.
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8 juin 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, COVID-19, Data, Opinion
COVID-19 has had widespread impacts in terms of slowdowns across a range of sectors. This analysis aims to quantify the slowdown in international development project starts and GAC contracting.
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5 juin 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
This analysis compares development spending for three countries – Canada, Ireland, and Norway – that are competing for the two available rotational UN Security Council (UNSC) seats, the outcome of which will start to emerge after June (...)
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28 avril 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Bridget Steele, COVID-19, Data, Opinion
This analysis is the third in a series on risks to development outcomes stemming from donor response to the COVID-19 crisis. We argue that there is a high probability that the crisis will cause a fragmentation of donor programming portfolios and that this fragmentation typically favors (...)
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27 avril 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Bridget Steele, COVID-19, Data, Opinion
In this analysis we outline second and third-order risks to development stemming from donor's response to the crisis. We hypothesize that the risks to development spending are longer term and independent of the significant temporal uncertainty, because the crisis is already long and deep enough (...)
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22 avril 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
A guide for civil society and advocacy groups on upcoming new GAC reporting on the international assistance envelope (IAE).
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22 avril 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Bridget Steele, COVID-19, Data, Opinion
This analysis, the first in a series, outlines projected effects of COVID-19 on global economic growth, trade, investment, and remittances, and global poverty reduction, before providing a specific outlook on Canadian economic (...)
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17 avril 2020, par Aniket Bhushan
Analysis of 2018-19 actual development spending, based on the Statistical Report released in March 2020.
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3 février 2020, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
A guide for civil society and advocacy groups on upcoming new GAC reporting on the international assistance envelope (IAE).
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10 octobre 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Bridget Steele, Data, Opinion
This analysis provides a quick overview of major party platforms and policy ideas related to development going into the 2019 Canadian federal election.
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7 octobre 2019, par lhadley91 — Aniket Bhushan, Bridget Steele, Data, Opinion, Publications
Canada on the Global Stage: Where to Next?, a data-driven guide to evaluating political promises as we head into the 2019 federal election season.
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2 octobre 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
This analysis checks some of the assumptions and claims made surrounding a proposed 25% cut to foreign aid.
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26 septembre 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
This analysis, which complements our analysis of climate-friendly export competitiveness, discusses and evaluates Canada's commitment to global climate-related development finance
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24 septembre 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
This analysis looks at whether Canada has a revealed comparative advantage (RCA) when it comes to climate-friendly exports.
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12 juin 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Data, Opinion
This analysis looks at prospects to increase Canada's development spending at little to no cost to the taxpayer, based on new ODA rules related to private sector instruments and Canada's new DFI.
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12 juin 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
Analysis of Canada's $1.4bn annual commitment to women and girls' health made at the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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5 juin 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Data
In the 2017/2018 fiscal year, Canada's gender targeted spending totaled CAD $3.6 billion. This dashboard breaksdown Canada's historical spending in gender targeted projects
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3 juin 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Data
Canada’s international assistance spending increased by 3.7% to CAD$5.6 billion in 2017, up from CAD$5.4 billion in 2016.
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3 juin 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Data
Canada’s international assistance spending increased by 3.7% to CAD$5.6 billion in 2017, up from CAD$5.4 billion in 2016.
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8 mai 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Data
Use this dashboard to compare foreign direct investment stocks in Canada and abroad, by sector. <a href=’#’><img alt=’Comparative FDI flows ‘ src=’https://public.tableau.com/static/images/Co/ComparativeFDI/ComparativeFDIflows/1_rss.p
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24 avril 2019, par Queena Li
New ODA rules on private sector instruments, Canada's 2017-18 development spending, and GAC's project-level development aid.
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23 avril 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data, Opinion
This analysis looks at prospects to increase Canada's development spending at little to no cost to the taxpayer, based on new ODA rules related to private sector instruments and Canada's new DFI.
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16 avril 2019, par Aniket Bhushan
Analysis of 2017-18 actual development spending, based on the Statistical Report released in March 2019.
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10 avril 2019, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Data
Quick overview of recently updated comparative aid statistics from the OECD-DAC.
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10 décembre 2018, par Aniket Bhushan — Aniket Bhushan, Opinion, Publications
Submission and remarks on Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-86 (Part 4, Division 17) – Official Development Assistance prepared for the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance (NFFN).
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24 novembre 2018, par Queena Li — Bridget Steele, Opinion
Takeaways from Nov 19 presentation and discussion by Eric Werker on Deals and Development: The Political Dynamics of Growth Episodes.
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15 novembre 2018, par lhadley91 — Aniket Bhushan, Opinion, Publications, Queena Li, Spencer Henson, Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy
Canada on the Global Stage: Where to Next?, a data-driven guide to evaluating political promises as we head into the 2019 federal election season.
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24 août 2018, par lhadley91 — Bridget Steele, Trade
In this report we analyze recently released monthly Canadian International Merchandise Trade data to identify the impact of President Trump's tariffs on the month-on-month change of Canadian iron and steel, and aluminum exports to the United (...)
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24 août 2018, par lhadley91 — Bridget Steele, Trade
Published 2018-09-06 By Lance Hadley and Bridget Steele On May 31, 2018, President Trump issued two Presidential Proclamations placing iron and steel, and aluminum tariffs on Canadian exports. A 25% import tariff was applied to Canadian iron and steel and a 10% import tariff was applied to (...)
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7 août 2018, par lhadley91 — Bridget Steele, Data
Canadian ODA towards sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) prevention and response from 2010-2016 amounts to USD545 million. Since 2010 the value of these disbursements have increased 3 fold. This analysis explores Canada's development projects which address (...)
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7 août 2018, par lhadley91 — Bridget Steele, Data
Canadian ODA towards sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) prevention and response from 2010-2016 amounts to USD545 million. Since 2010 the value of these disbursements have increased 3 fold. This analysis explores Canada's development projects which address (...)
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16 juillet 2018, par Queena Li — Bridget Steele, Data, Opinion, Publications
Violence against women and girls is a “global pandemic and a serious obstacle to sustainable development and economic prosperity for families, communities and states.” CIDP is proposing a data project to explore the economic nuances of these (...)