It will take time for international donors to disentangle their programs from Myanmar’s new military leaders — and even then, continuing their programs remains a big question.
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The former Federal Reserve chair has the experience and broad respect to get businesses to move on climate change and to lay the foundation for real and lasting progress.
The EU has already poured billions of euros into its assistance programs for the Sahel countries. The fundamental principles of this aid need to be rethought if it is to be truly effective.
Canada has a long tradition of exporting women’s rights. Canada’s current feminist approach to international assistance is one worthy of developing —and celebrating — this Mother’s Day.
Cuban medicine is now called upon both to protect the island’s population from Covid-19 and to help various foreign countries, including Italy and France.
There is plenty the military could do to help protect public health, such as by helping with supply logistics and providing workers to do important tasks – including health care professionals.
The COVID-19 pandemic demands that Canada and other rich countries do all they can to slow the global spread of the virus — for the health security of people around the world, and for Canadians too.
Ten years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the country is still struggling to recover and remains vulnerable to natural disasters.
Development assistance has its problems. Nevertheless, it’s crucial for reducing extreme poverty. And it fosters important international relations that benefit all Canadians.
The Red Cross has released the name of a New Zealand nurse captured by ISIS in Syria more than five years ago in an appeal for help in finding her. But the move has caused a rift with the government.
Why altruism is in shorter supply than the industry wants you to believe
Haiti is extremely vulnerable to climate change. It is also very poor. International donors have stepped in to help the country fund climate mitigation, but is the money going where it’s most needed?
The security of local aid agency workers on the front line hasn’t been prioritised.
New research shows that most Australians have an inflated idea of how much we spend on foreign aid, yet still believe we should invest more.
New Zealand’s foreign minister announced a NZ$714 million increase in aid for Pacific nations in a soft-power response to China’s growing influence in the Asia-Pacific region.
Shocking allegations of abuse by Oxfam aid workers in Haiti are testament to how badly the aid sector needs deep, systemic reform.
The way Bangladesh has taken in Rohingyas stands in stark contrast to Europe, which faced an influx of Syrian refugees in similar numbers. I saw how refugee camps were being run in an efficient manner.
Foreign aid can harm as well as help.
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Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Cultural Relations, American University School of International Service
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Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic, University of Waikato
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Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute for International Policy; Centre Associate at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Senior Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant Director, Global Economic Governance Initiative, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University
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Lecturer in Operations Management, Lancaster University
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Docteur en administration publique et chargé d'enseignement, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics, University of the West of England
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Professor of Media and International Development, University of East Anglia