This volume addresses the changing nature of the international aid system and the challenges it poses for the multilateral system, donors and aid recipients, centring on new regional and national relationships developing in the multilateral system, economic and social forces, and national and global policy making.

This volume addresses the changing nature of the international aid system and the challenges it poses for the multilateral system, donors and aid recipients, centring on new regional and national relationships developing in the multilateral system, economic and social forces, and national and global policy making.

Ingram held a variety of management positions including the Special Representative to the UN and to the WTO in Geneva, Director of the Bank's office in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Deputy Director of The World Bank Institute, Director of the Bank's office in Cameroon, and Deputy Resident Representative in the Bank's Nigeria office. [...] He is a member of the advisory board for the Masters program at the School of Global Affairs at University of Toronto and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Ditchley Foundation of Canada. [...] He has done consultancies on HIV/AIDS impacts and responses for UNAIDS, UN Development Programme, World Health Organization, the African Development Bank, the African Union, the Ministery of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the UK Department for Union, the Ministery of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the UK Department for International Development, and is currently a member of the Global Fund's Techn. [...] Carolyn McAskie is currently a Senior Fellow in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of Ottawa and a member of the Boards of CANADEM and the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. [...] McAskie has played a prominent role in political, developmental and financial negotiations: as a Canadian delegate to the UN Funds and Programmes and the International Financial Institutions; as a member of the Facilitation Team of the Burundi Peace Process in Arusha under the late Julius Nyerere, the former President of Tanzania; and as Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the humanitarian crisi.

Howe Institute Multilateral and Bilateral Trade: The G8 Declaration on the Completion of the Doha Development Round 15:00 - 15:30 Break 15:30 - 17:00 Session Three: Multilateral Development Cooperation and the Paris Process: The Road to Busan Moderator: Ms. [...] Lalani, Director General, Policy Planning, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 12:15 Session One: Challenges and Opportunities for Multilateral Development Cooperation Legitimacy, Representation and Relevance Moderator: Dr. [...] Désiré Vencatachellum, Director, Development Research, African Development Bank The Future of Development Finance: The Role of Regional Development Banks Versus New Development Partners Dr. [...] Manmohan Agarwal, Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation Multilateral Development Cooperation and the Millennium Development Goals: The Countdown to 2015 Mr. [...] Pablo Heidrich, Senior Researcher, The North-South Institute The Future of International Trade and Development: What role for multilateralism? 17:00 - 17:30 Closing Remarks The Honourable Winston Dookeran, Minister of Finance, Trinidad and Tobago Location The Forum will take place at the National Arts Centre (NAC), 53 Elgin Street, in Ottawa (marker A).

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

This chapter presents the content of the Richard Dimbleby lecture, which has been delivered by an influential business or a political figure every year since 1972. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, delivered the 2014 lecture at Guildhall in London on February 3. The 44 nations gathering at Bretton Woods have been determined to set a new course based on the principle that peace and prosperity flow from the font of cooperation. Fundamentally, the new multilateralism needs to instil a broader sense of social responsibility on the part of all players in the modern global economy. A renewed commitment to openness and to the mutual benefits of trade and foreign investment is requested. It also requires collective responsibility for managing an international monetary system that has travelled light-years since the old Bretton Woods system. The collective responsibility would translate into all monetary institutions cooperating closely mindful of the potential impact of their policies on others.

This open access handbook analyses the role of development cooperation in achieving the 2030 Agenda in a global context of 'contested cooperation'. Development actors, including governments providing aid or South-South Cooperation, developing countries, and non-governmental actors (civil society, philanthropy, and businesses) constantly challenge underlying narratives and norms of development. The book explores how reconciling these differences fosters achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Sachin Chaturvedi is Director General at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi, India-based think tank. Heiner Janus is a researcher in the Inter- and Transnational Cooperation programme at the German Development Institute. Stephan Klingebiel is Chair of the Inter- and Transnational Cooperation programme at the German Development Institute and Senior Lecturer at the University of Marburg, Germany. Xiaoyun Li is Chair Professor at China Agricultural University and Honorary Dean of the China Institute for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture. Prof. Li is the Chair of the Network of Southern Think Tanks and Chair of the China International Development Research Network. André de Mello e Souza is a researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), a Brazilian governmental think tank. Elizabeth Sidiropoulos is Chief Executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs. She has co-edited Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: New Partners or Old Patterns (2012) and Institutional Architecture and Development: Responses from Emerging Powers (2015). Dorothea Wehrmann is a researcher in the Inter- and Transnational Cooperation programme at the German Development Institute.

International Development in a Changing World introduces key issues, debates and ideas about development in the 21st century. Uniquely interweaving international relations and development studies, the authorial team examines the contested concepts of poverty, inequality and livelihood, and the emergence of 'new powers' that will affect the architecture of international development. Themes of power and agency, history and scale integrate the many stories of development covered in the book, highlighting development as a complex process of change and interaction between people as well as between people and institutions, including governments and non-governmental organizations. Interdisciplinary in character, the book incorporates theories and tools from across the social sciences to provide a more holistic understanding of the social, economic and political transformations involved than most textbooks in the field can offer. Chapters are designed to inform policy and practice, moving from the theoretical to look closely, using a series of case studies, at the deliberate actions of people to improve their livelihoods, communities and societies. International Development in a Changing World is the first of two books in The Open University's International Development series. Whether used as a stand-alone text, or alongside its companion text: New Perspectives in International Development, this is an ideal introduction to the field for students of International Development, International Relations, Global Politics and Global Social Policy.

As economic power diffuses across more countries and China becomes more dependent on the world economy, Chinese leaders are being forced to abandon their largely passive approach to global governance. This report analyzes China’s interests and behavior to evaluate both the recent history of its interactions with the postwar international order and possible future trajectories. It also draws implications from that analysis for future U.S. policy.