What explains the abysmal failure of the leaders of wealthy countries to ensure an even moderately equitable global distribution of COVID vaccines? 👉Check out this new article, co-authored by our member Stephen Brown (@StephenBrown.bsky.social). 💉🗺️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… BJPIR

The discussion paper on "Future of Diplomacy: Transforming Global Affairs Canada" makes a strong case for reform. But, argues guest blogger Daniel Livermore, it ignores the causes of current deficiences and the resources needed to fix them mcleodgroup.ca/2023/06/transf… Global Affairs Canada

"it’s precisely in Africa that Canada’s retreat in development programming is most noticeable, and where Canadian influence is most diminished. (Witness the outcome of Canada’s two most recent campaigns to be elected to the UN Security Council.)" mcleodgroup.ca/2023/06/transf…

With Canadian aid stuck below the OECD average, the governing Liberal Party agnostic towards aid and opposition Conservatives likely to propose cuts, it is time for CSOs to radically rethink advocacy and public engagement strategies, argues John Cameron mcleodgroup.ca/2023/06/aid-ad…

Is the United Nations just an ineffectual talking shop, incapable of meaningful action? Our member Lauchlan Munro reviews a book that shows that the UN has long been at the forefront of intellectual and practical innovation in international development mcleodgroup.ca/2023/09/develo…

Check out the new blog post on #COP28, the international climate change conference that starts next week in Dubai. The conference aims to be very inclusive, but "Where are the Workers?" asks our guest blogger Edward Jackson. mcleodgroup.ca/2023/11/cop-28…

The #SDGs are off track. The most important players never really took them seriously, argues Lauchlan Munro in our latest blog entry mcleodgroup.ca/2023/11/how-se… Revue internationale des études du développement UN SDG Action Campaign SDG2030 UN Sustainable Development Group 🇺🇳

The Senate has weighed in on the reform of Canada’s foreign service. Now it is time for the government to act, argues guest blogger Daniel Livermore mcleodgroup.ca/2023/12/the-ca… Foreign Policy CAN Mélanie Joly Peter M Boehm

For a gendered analysis of Pakistan's recent elections - and their unprecedented outcome - read our new blog post by Rhonda Gossen mcleodgroup.ca/2024/02/pakist… Development Canada Foreign Policy CAN 🇵🇰

What lessons did the Canadian government learn from the COVID-19 pandemic? On the issue of equitable global access to medicines, it seems like it was the wrong ones, argues Adam R Houston in his guest blog mcleodgroup.ca/2024/03/canada… Canada Trade Foreign Policy CAN Development Canada

Thanks The McLeod Group for soliciting this piece on Canada & vaccine equity, building on my chapter in Pandemics, Public Health, and the Regulation of Borders Lessons from COVID-19 (Colleen M. Flood Y.Y. Brandon Chen Deonandan @SophieTheriaul7 & S. Halabi eds.)routledge.com/Pandemics-Publ…

Not forgotten, but ignored. In our latest guest blog post, Nicholas Coghlan summarizes the latest in Sudan's civil war and outlines what more Canada should do mcleodgroup.ca/2024/05/canada… Foreign Policy CAN Development Canada

While Canadians wait impatiently for high-level 🇨🇦reaction to developments at the ICC, our year-long silence on #Sudan and #Darfur continues. Some ideas on what we should be doing/saying.

Check out the new blog post on Mexico's first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, written by our member Laura Macdonald 🇲🇽 mcleodgroup.ca/2024/07/claudi…

Guest blog by Joshua Ramisch (il/he/him) on a new form of protest/popular uprising and Kenya's generational reckoning 🇰🇪 mcleodgroup.ca/2024/07/kenyas… Social Sciences Sociales ÉDIM | SIDGS

McLeod Group cofounder Ian Smillie has written an entertaining and thought-provoking memoir about his career in international development. Check out the book review by Jane Cooper and our member Rhonda Gossen mcleodgroup.ca/2024/08/develo… Ian Smillie

I wrote a short blog about Canada's slow progress towards something resembling an Africa policy, and what I think that should look like. All views my own &c. mcleodgroup.ca/2024/08/canadi…

After years of hinting at an imminent Africa strategy, Global Affairs Canada has launched “final consultations”. Check out Belinda Dodson's top 7⃣ observations and recommendations in her guest blog post mcleodgroup.ca/2024/08/canadi… 🇨🇦🌍 Global Affairs Canada Development Canada Foreign Policy CAN

A Canadian federal election is coming soon. Civil society organizations need to stop censoring themselves and get ready speak up about international development, argue John Cameron and Lauchlan Munro mcleodgroup.ca/2025/01/upcomi…

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