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The North-South Institute provides research and analysis on foreign policy
and international development issues for policy-makers,
educators, business, the media and the general public.
For more than 30 years NSI has built a reputation for
sound, credible analysis of pressing issues related to
global development >>
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 NSI engages Diaspora to strenghthen health care systems in Africa
The North-South Institute is pleased to release its project brief on The Diaspora Giving Back: Strengthening Health Care Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The brief highlights an innovative NSI project designed to strengthen Africa's health care systems. Currently, these systems struggle to serve their populations: clinics operate without drugs; operating rooms without electricity, and doctors and nurses sometimes work without salaries. NSI's project is designed to bring a special resource into the picture: health professionals who have emigrated from Africa to Canada.
>> Read the project brief |
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16.08.10
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NSI Welcomes New President
Joseph K. Ingram joined the North-South Institute as President and Chief Executive Officer on August 16. Mr. Ingram comes to the Institute after a long and distinguished career in international development, working extensively in the field and with some of the world's leading development institutions, including the World Bank and Canada's International Development Research Centre.He brings to the Institute a depth of knowledge and experience as well as a passion for development and a firm belief in the importance of policy research.
>> Read the op-ed co-written by Joseph Ingram and Roy Culpeper
>> Mr. Ingram's biography
>> News release announcing Mr.Ingram's appointment |
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| 13.08.10 |
| Q&A with Roy Culpeper: Why the Glass is 1/3rd Full
Dr. Roy Culpeper who has spent 23 years at The North-South Institute, 15 of them as its president, is stepping down. Under his leadership, NSI sought to bring about a more peaceful and equitable world through evidence-based research for development. Dr. Culpeper has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. He takes up his Chair in January. He has also recently been named adjunct professor at Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration. Dr. Culpeper will become a Research Associate at the Institute.
Before taking up his Fulbright prize, NSI sat down with Dr. Culpeper for his insights on development and NSI – 23 years later. >>more
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| 23.07.10 |
NSI Research Makes Policy Inroads
A landmark bill introduced in the U.S. Congress this
past Tuesday is the latest example of how NSI research
is helping to inform policy changes related to
international development. Drawing on the research and
expertise of NSI Principal Researcher, Rodney Schmidt
and his work on
the
currency transaction tax, U.S. climate change and
health care NGOs have succeeded in their campaign to
persuade Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) to introduce a
bill for a financial transaction tax in the US. The
bill, entitled, Investing in Our Future Act of 2010,
would put a 0.005% tax on all foreign exchange
transactions by large-scale traders. If passed into law,
it could raise tens of billions of dollars that would be
directed to climate change adaptation and mitigation,
global health and childcare.
>> Read more on the Act
>> See NSI's project page |
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21.07.10
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 NSI
Research Showcased in International Taskforce
Report
A major international report on
innovative financing for development has drawn heavily
on NSI research regarding a currency
transaction tax and its potential to fund new efforts to
help the world’s poor.
Globalizing Solidarity: The Case for Financial
Levies was released this week by the Committee
of Experts to the Taskforce on International Financial
Transactions for Development. The expert committee
reports to the
Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development,
an international organization made up of 55 member
countries, international organizations such as the UN,
World Bank, IMF and OECD as well as a host of NGOs,
including NSI. Rodney Schmidt, Principle Researcher,
Finance and Growth, advised members of the Leading Group's expert
committee. He has led NSI’s ground breaking work on the
CTT.
>> Read more
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See the NSI policy brief |
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13.07.10
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 NSI
in Colombia: opening a dialogue on free and informed
consultation and consent
The
North-South Institute, in cooperation with Colombia’s
Resguardo Indigena Cañamomo Lomaprieta and the Proceso
de Comunidades Negras, is organizing a national workshop
July 13-15 in Bogota, Colombia, entitled, Gathering
on free, prior, and informed consultation and consent
(FPIC) for Indigenous and Afro-descendent Peoples:
international and Colombian standards in the extractive
sector. This event will bring together Colombian
government officials, ethnic peoples’ groups, and mining
company representatives to discuss protection for
Indigenous and Afro-descendent rights in decision-making
around extractive projects on ancestral lands.
See our
news release for more.
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18.06.10
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NSI and the G-8/G-20: Why Research Matters
With global
economic governance dominating the world’s attention as
the G-20 Summit gets underway in June, NSI President,
Dr. Roy Culpeper will take part in a day-long event
focused on the G-20’s pledge to promote policies that
support “strong, sustained and balanced growth”.
Entitled, Making the Case for Global Economic
Governance, and co-organized by the non-profit
German political foundation, the
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Toronto’s Munk School of
Global Affairs, the event features a keynote speech by
the Right Honourable Paul Martin, roundtables with
parliamentarians and trade-unionists as well as panel
discussions. It all takes place June 23 in Toronto.
Get more
information about the event or register
here.
Through our research, NSI continues
to engage in evidence-based discussions around global
governance issues that speak to the issues on the
agendas of the G-8/G-20 meetings. This includes our
ground breaking research on the technical feasibility of
a
currency transaction tax, our multi-year
Policy Responses to Unfettered Finance (PRUF)
project that examines alternative economic policies and
regulation post-crisis; our work on the potential of
domestic resource mobilization for development and
our thematic focus on
governance, reform and effective development.
Read NSI’s take
on doing development differently in the latest issue of
Policy Options.
For another take on development, finance and the
G's, catch NSI's John Foster in the Halifax Initiative
podcast
"Definitely NOT the G8". |
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09.06.10
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 International
Roundtable on Reducing Vulnerability to Financial
Meltdown: Assessing Alternatives
The
North-South Institute brought together policymakers,
financial and regulatory experts from Canada and a
number of Commonwealth countries for a 2-day roundtable
June 8-9 to compare country lessons on the global
economic crisis. Specifically, they focused on what went
right, what went wrong, and what still needs to be fixed
with respect to macroeconomic and regulatory policies
with a view to reducing vulnerability to future crises.
Participants included experts from Australia, the
Commonwealth Caribbean, India, Malaysia, Mauritius,
South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
The
roundtable is part of NSI’s Policy Responses to
Unfettered Finance or the PRUF project.
>> Read more
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28.05.10
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 Dialogue
on Canadian-Latin American Economic Relations
The Dialogue on Canadian-Latin American Economic
Relations was hosted by The North-South Institute May
27-28 at the Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade in Ottawa. Key members from two
Southern research networks, the Latin American Trade
Network and the Red Mercosur, were brought together with
leading economists and political scientists from
Canadian research universities to discuss bilateral
trade flows, foreign direct investment and social
policies. Numerous government officials, members of the
Latin American diplomatic community and civil society
representatives attended.
Presentations
and background papers are available on
the project page.
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14.05.10
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 An
evening in honour of Dr. Roy Culpeper
He was called an “outstanding
leader” of great passion and persistence by NSI
co-founder, Gerry Helleiner who, along with other
leaders in the development community as well as friends,
family and co-workers, gathered last month in Ottawa to
celebrate Dr. Roy Culpeper’s 23-year career at NSI, 15
of them at the helm of the Institute.
>> For more, including pictures |
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14.05.10
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Follow NSI's Jennifer Salahub as she blogs
from the field. Jennifer, Researcher on
Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention, is in
Africa to speak to women and men about their
post-conflict experiences with the police.
During the next month, Jennifer will work
with research partners in Liberia and
Southern Sudan. Together, they will be
conducting research on gender and police
reform in Liberia, where gender perspectives
have been integrated into the reform process
with some success, and Southern Sudan, where
police reform remains a work in progress.
Bookmark North-South Jennifer
or check the left-hand side of this site
regularly for her latest blog entry.
>> Go to
North-South Jennifer |
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27.04.10
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Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilization in
Sub-saharan Africa
The North-South Institute (NSI) gathered the
world's lead thinkers on mobilizing domestic
resources, at its successful two-and-a-half
day conference "Enhancing Domestic Resource
Mobilization in Sub-saharan Africa", held at
the prestigious Wilton Park in London,
England.
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Feature Publications |
The Canadian Development Report 2010
A Global
Crisis of Development: Responses and Responsibilities
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The Currency Transaction Tax - A bold idea for financing development
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2008 Annual Report
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