Development Co-operation Reviews
Subtitle: Canada 1998
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: Development Co-operation Reviews -- no.26; Development co-operation review series -- no.26
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9789264163171
Subjects: Development
Description: The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1998 review of Canada's development aid programmes and policies. It finds that in its foreign policy statement Canada in the World, the Canadian government reaffirmed its commitment to playing an active role in international efforts towards global peace and prosperity and set out a range of ambitious goals for the development co-operation programme. Canada is deploying great efforts to develop coherent responses to global challenges and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) commended the comprehensive renewal process being undertaken by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to equip itself with the means to tackle its challenging mission. CIDA is among the pioneers in the DAC in redirecting its programmes from a traditional-sector focus to a theme-based approach, concentrating on actual results rather than inputs. These promising efforts deserve careful monitoring and should yield valuable lessons for other donors. The reach and depth of Canada's international involvement -- clearly rooted in the country's values, interests and capabilities -- have, however, been constrained by public sector expenditure cuts, implemented in response to Canada's public debt burden. The Committee expressed concern that successive reductions in Canada's aid budget could affect Canada's ability to meet expectations, both at home and internationally.
Table of contents: title: Summary and conclusions; title: Part I. KEY TRENDS IN POLICIES AND ORGANISATION; title: Chapter 1. Strategic directions and financial commitments; title: A. Canada’s 1995 foreign policy statement: Canada in the World; title: -B. Canada’s development co-operation: priorities and management directives; title: C. The budget process and future prospects for Canadian ODA; title: Chapter 2. Canada’s development co-operation initiatives and programmes; title: A. Overview of roles and structures in the Canadian government; title: B. Main features of CIDA’s policies and programmes; title: 1. Geographical distribution; title: 2. Poverty reduction; title: 3. Programme priorities; title: 4. Other important CIDA activities; title: C. Multilateral aid; title: Chapter 3. CIDA: an organisation in renewal; title: A. Towards a results-based culture and management system; title: B. Performance monitoring; title: C. Human resource renewal; title: D. Recentralisation and Project Support Units; title: E. Mainstreaming of sectoral expertise; title: F. Information systems; title: G. Procurement of services: new contracting system; title: H. Technical co-operation and capacity development; title: Chapter 4. Partnerships in Canadian development co-operation: policies and practices; title: A. Framework for a renewed relationship; title: B. CIDA’s voluntary sector and special projects; title: C. CIDA INC; title: D. Provincial governments; title: Chapter 5. Trade, investment and aid; title: A. Trade and investment; title: Part II. BASIC PROFILES; title: Chapter 6. Structure of Canada’s development co-operation programme; title: -A. Funding; title: B. Organisations; title: 1. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); title: 2. Department of Finance; title: 3. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT); title: 4. International Development Research Centre (IDRC); title: 5. International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD); title: 6. Export Development Corporation; title: 7. Other departments and agencies; title: Chapter 7. Basic profiles of Canadian programme; title: A. ODA volume and outlook; title: B. Composition and sectoral distribution of aid; title: C. Financial terms and debt forgiveness; title: D. Geographical distribution; title: E. Official aid; title: F. Aid reporting .; title: Press release of DAC aid review of Canada; title: Description of key terms .