Canadian Aid Trends and Policies

Canadian Aid Trends and Policies

Canadian Climate Finance

Brian Tomlinson, 2019. The Reality of Canada’s International Climate Finance, 2019,  Towards a Fair Share Climate Finance Portfolio for Canada; Prepared for the Canadian Coalition on Climate Change and Development (C4D), October 2019

Annex One (Methodology); Annex Two ($2.65 billion commitment projects); Annex Three (Canada Funds at Multilateral Banks); Annex Four (GAC Climate Finance Disbursements);  Annex Five (Gender Equality and Climate Finance); Annex Six (Extracts from GAC “Environment and Climate Action”); Annex Seven (Sector Allocations of GAC Climate Finance); Annex Eight (Financing Priorities for the Green Climate Fund)

Brian Tomlinson, 2018. The Reality of Canadian International Climate Finance, 2018,  A Report on key trends in allocating Canada’s $2.65 billion Paris commitment; Prepared for the Canadian Coalition on Climate Change and Development (C4D), October 2018

Annex Two and Three:  Projects financed with Canada’s $2.65 billion Climate Finance Commitments

Annex Four to Eight

Annex Nine

Annex Ten and Endnotes

Addendum Two: Projects Supported through Canada’s Dedicated Climate Funds at the IFIs

Brian Tomlinson, 2017. The Reality of Canadian International Climate Finance, 2010 to 2015, A Benchmark Report, A Report prepared for the Canadian Coalition on Climate Change and Development (C4D), November 2017

Addendum One: List of Canada’s Climate Finance Projects, 2010 to 2015

Addendum Two: Projects Supported through Canada’s Dedicated Climate Funds at the IFIs

Methodological Notes

Documentation Consulted

Brian Tomlinson, 2017. Reflections on Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy, AidWatch Canada, June 2017.

Brian Tomlinson, 2017. An Enabling Environment for Canadian CSOs: Appropriate Donor Funding Mechanisms for Effective CSO Partnerships, A Discussion Paper, AidWatch Canada, February 2017.

Joint CSO recommendations on the clarification of DAC reporting rules for ODA to in-donor refugee costs, a CSO position paper presented to the OECD Development Assistance Committee, December 2016.

Proposal for the Modernization of the Private Sector Instrument: CSO Background Paper, a position paper prepared for CSO advocacy with the OECD Development Assistance Committee, November 2016.

Brian Tomlinson, 2013, Canada’s Aid Marker for Gender Equality, AidWatch Canada Briefing Paper #4, November 2013.

Brian Tomlinson, 2013. An Assessment of Canada’s Commitments to Fast Start Climate Finance, 2010 to 2012. An AidWatch Canada Briefing Paper, prepared for the Canadian CSO Climate Change and Development Coalition (C4D), October 2013.

Brian Tomlinson, 2012. A Statistical Review of CIDA’s Food Security Theme, 2008/09 to 2010/11, AidWatch Canada, Briefing Paper #3, December 2012.

Brian Tomlinson, 2012. “Canadian ODA Directed to Education and Basic Education: A Backgrounder”, Canadian Global Coalition for Education, February 2012.

Fraser Reilly-King and Brian Tomlinson, 2011. The elusive quest for pro-poor growth? An analysis of CIDA’s Sustainable Economic Growth Strategy, A Discussion Paper, December 2011, Canadian Council for International Cooperation.

Brian Tomlinson, 2009. CCIC Briefing Note – A Review of CIDA’s Countries of Priorities, February 2009, Canadian Council for International Cooperation.

Brian Tomlinson, 2005. A CCIC Briefing Note: Recent Trends in Canadian aid to Sub-Saharan Africa, An Update. CCIC, Africa Canada Forum, October 2005.

Brian Tomlinson, 1999. A Call to End Global Poverty: Renewing Canadian Aid Policy and Practice, A Policy Background Paper, March 1999, Canadian Council for International Cooperation.

 

ODA Accountability Act

Bill C-293:  The Official  Development Assistance Accountability Act, Royal Assent May 29, 2008, Amended 2019

Brian Tomlinson (editor), 2010.  A Time to Act – Implementing the ODA Accountability Act: A Canadian CSO Agenda for Aid Reform, May 2010  A CCIC Report, compiled from chapters submitted by different organizations, on what the government could do to better implement the Act.

Global Affairs Canada, 2015.  Official Development Assistance Accountability Act – Consistency with International Human Rights Standards.

Global Affairs Canada, 2015.  Official Development Assistance Accountability Act – Taking Into Account the Perspectives of the Poor

Global Affairs Canada, 2015. Official Development Assistance Accountability Act – Contributing to Poverty Reduction.

 

Federal Budgets

Canadian Council for International Cooperation, 2014. 2014 Foreign Aid Budget Suffers No Further Cuts, But Charities to Face Stricter Rules?, CCIC Press Release, February 2014.

Brian Tomlinson, 2013. CCIC and Aid Watch Canada Analysis of Federal Budget 2013, March 2013.

Fraser Reilly-King, 2012. Analysis of Budget 2012, June 2012; revised July 2011, Canadian Council for International Cooperation.

Brian Tomlinson, 2011. Analysis of the implications of the 2011 Federal Budget on Canadian ODA, Canadian Council for International Cooperation.