Rethinking Canadian Aid

• Published in: Rethinking Canadian aid
• Main Authors: Audet, François, Baranyi, Stephen, Black, David R, Brown, Stephen, Cameron, John D, Carment, David, Chapnick, Adam, Clark-Kazak, Christina, Goyette, Gabriel C, Heyer, Molly den, Khan, Themrise, Macdonald, Laura, Massie, Justin, Navarro-Flores, Olga, Roussel, Stéphane, Ruckert, Arne, Samy, Yiagadeesen, Smillie, Ian, Swiss, Liam, Tiessen, Rebecca
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa [Ontario] University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 2016; University of Ottawa Press; Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press; University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa
• Edition: Second edition.
• Series: Studies in international development and globalization
• Subjects: Economic assistance, Canadian; Economic policy; Foreign economic relations; International Relations; Political Science; Canada; relations internationales; Canada; help; politics; government; politique; aide; gouvernement; international relation; assistance
• ISBN: 9780776623658; 0776623656; 9780776622118; 0776622110; 9780776623665; 0776623664
• DOI: 10.26530/OAPEN_612090

In 2013, the government abolished the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), which had been Canada's flagship foreign aid agency for decades, and transferred its functions to the newly renamed Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD). As the government is rethinking Canadian aid and its relationship with other foreign policy and commercial objectives, the time is ripe to rethink Canadian aid more broadly. Edited by Stephen Brown, Molly den Heyer and David R. Black, this revised edition not only analyzes Canada's past development assistance, it also highlights important new opportunities in the context of the recent change in government. Designed to reach a variety of audiences, contributions by twenty scholars and experts in the field offer an incisive examination of Canada's record and initiatives in Canadian foreign aid, including its relatively recent emphasis on maternal and child health and on the extractive sector, as well as the longer-term engagement with state fragility. The portrait that emerges is a sobering one. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Canada's changing role in the world.