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Overview
The North-South Institute is dedicated to eradicating global poverty and enhancing social justice through research which promotes international cooperation, democratic governance, and conflict prevention.
It is Canada’s first independent, non-governmental and non-partisan research institute focused on international development. The NSI 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.
The Institute’s research results, publications, and seminars, help foster understanding, discussion and debate about the challenges facing Canadians and the citizens of the developing world. Objective, competent, effective... The North-South Institute’s key strength is to offer objective policy analysis. Its researchers are recognized for being on the cutting-edge of issues in international development and for their
commitment to working with partners in the South. Through Research for a fairer world, the NSI seeks to present the facts and offer policy alternatives, so that Canadians and others, can encourage meaningful and practical changes in national and international policies affecting poor people and countries. The North-South Institute’s research examines the role of the public and private sectors, and of civil society in Canada’s relationships with developing countries. Its research supports global efforts to increase aid effectiveness; strengthen governance and accountability; prevent conflicts, promote equitable trade and commercial relations; improve international financial systems and institutions; and enhance gender equality. The NSI’s
research program
concentrates on five key areas:
For more information
consult
Research for a Fairer
World: The North-South
Institute Strategic Plan
2009-2013.
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