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Aid worker turns the table on CIDA
Apr 4 2012
The Development Newswire

Authorities in Canada and Mali couldn’t find a Burundian man accused of embezzling $30,000 in aid money. Is a spelling mistake to blame?

CIDA joins the International Aid Transparency Initiative
Nov 28 2011
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/ACDI-CIDA.nsf/eng/NAT-11281180-LX3

The Minister of International Cooperation, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, announced today during the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has become a member of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).

Progress slow on Canadian post-disaster commitments in Pakistan, Haiti
Oct 13 2011
Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News

OTTAWA — Five years after Canada promised to build 42 schools to help Pakistan recover from an earthquake that killed tens of thousands, the buildings are still in the planning stages, with no timeline for completion.

Canadians donate $70-million to drought-stricken East Africa
Oct 5 2011
Globe and Mail

Canadians contributed $70-million to East Africa famine relief, a figure that will be matched by the Harper government.

Stories from the field: Mongolia 2011
Aug 25 2011
Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA)

Ten credit union professionals from across Canada left for Mongolia on August 5 as participants in the Canadian Co-operative Association's 2011 credit union coaching mission to that country.

CIDA Reveals That Even Israel Opposes Canada's UNRWA Cuts
Jul 7 2011
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

A recently released August 24, 2010 CIDA memo reveals that Canada was asked by the US and even Israel to restore its funding to the UNRWA General Fund. The revelation that Israel was among those requesting that Canada reverse its 2009 decision to cut funding to UNRWA's core programmes has surprised some observers. In recent years several Canadian pro-Israel lobby groups have smeared UNRWA, claiming that it had been infiltrated by Hamas and was unworthy of Canadian support.

CIDA Praised for Aid Data Portal Plan, Urged to Sign IATI
Jun 30 2011
Devex

The plan by the Canadian International Development Agency to collect and publish all its aid-related documents in a searchable tool is a step in the right direction for a donor long urged to become more transparent in its foreign aid-related transactions, according to an

CIDA and World Bank provide a million in aid to combat desertification and drought in Ghana
Jun 19 2011
Ghana News Agency

Wechiau, (U/W), June 19, GNA – The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the World Bank have voted million to assist Ghana to combat desertification and drought.
 

Foreign aid can be better spent
Jun 15 2011
CBC News

Canada should be more transparent about its foreign aid budget and spend those dollars more effectively, according to an aid group on Parliament Hill Monday.

Canada puts $37 million into literacy, education aid programs
Jun 1 2011
CBC News

The federal government unveiled 11 new international development projects  to tackle illiteracy and education issues.