All posts in Aid & Development

Afghanistan post 2009 elections
June 2, 2010, 1 Comment

Afghan elections 2009; Hamid Karzai More on Afghanistan Afghan “peace jirga” is marked by rockets, suicide a ...

Wednesday Night #1456
January 27, 2010, 2 Comments

The hate and the quake … for too long there has been a popular perception that somehow the Haitian nation-building ...

Canada & the world II
December 31, 2009, Comments Off on Canada & the world II

G8 Summit July 8-10 2009 ; Canada & the Arctic Is Security Council Seat a Tory Priority? (Embassy August 2009) Exper ...

World Bank Report 2010: Development and Climate Change
November 12, 2009, Comments Off on World Bank Report 2010: Development and Climate Change

World Development Report 2010 Website ; Main Messages of the Report World Development Report 2010: Development and Clima ...

Wednesday Night #1443
October 28, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1443

See Wednesday-night.come for photos and more Professor Paul Shrivastava, Director and Distinguished Professor of the Dav ...

Canada's Northern Strategy
August 22, 2009, 1 Comment

Canada’s Northern Strategy ; Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security in a Transforming Circumpolar World (click to do ...

Darfur – A plan
March 22, 2009, 2 Comments

Human Rights Watch: Crisis in Darfur This was in the works for a long time. They had been waiting for a chance to strike ...

Désirée McGraw & the Sauvé Scholars
May 15, 2008, Comments Off on Désirée McGraw & the Sauvé Scholars

A lecturer at McGill in International Development, Desirée McGraw frequently advises students to “take something you ...

Jeffrey Sachs: "Common Wealth"
April 16, 2008, Comments Off on Jeffrey Sachs: "Common Wealth"

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet Sachs appeal April 16 Charlie Rose: A conversation with Jeffrey Sachs Mar ...

Save the world: Dump Kyoto – Bjorn Lomborg
December 4, 2007, Comments Off on Save the world: Dump Kyoto – Bjorn Lomborg

December 4, 2007 A new book by Bjorn Lomborg counts the millions of lives that could be saved if Kyoto’s trillions ...