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Research to Practice Policy Briefs

As part of our CIDA-funded project, Strengthening the Contributions of Universities to Evidence-Based Policymaking, ISID is very pleased to make available a new series of publications, Research to Practice Policy Briefs. The ultimate goal of the policy briefs, as well as the overall project more generally, is to harness the research expertise of a major university in ways that will directly contribute to better evidence based policies.

  1. Claudia Mitchell and Kyung-Hwa Yang.  Woman+Teacher+Rural: Bringing Gender into the Policy Framework on Teacher Deployment in Rural Areas

  2. Jon Unruh.  The Role of Land Resource Rights in the Maximization of Adaptation Investments: The Example of Darfur

  3. Matthieu Chemin, Krzysztof Pelc and Paola Perez Aleman.  Economic Growth and Food Security: Overlooked Opportunities at the Local, National, and International Level

  4. Serge Adjognon.  Contract Farming as a Tool for Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa

  5. Kim Coleman.  Coping with Childhood Trauma:  Art as a Policy Strategy

  6. Isabelle Deschamps.  Stimulating Sustainable Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa with Legal Systems Enabling Women Entrepreneurs’ Creativity

  7. Susan Dodsworth.  The Policy Implications of Evolving Aid Modalities

  8. Kedra Hildebrand.  Improving CIDA’s Aid Effectiveness Agenda in Vietnam by Targeting the Mekong Delta

  9. José Carlos Marques.  Canada’s CSR Policy: Insights from Recent CSR Research and a Comparative Industry Study

  10. Mark Mattner.  The Development Impact of Extractive Industries:  Policy Options for CIDA

  11. Ifeyinwa Mbakogu.  Child Trafficking in Africa:  The Need for Child-Centred Approaches

  12. Josée Méthot.  Managing Food Security for Resilience:  The Role of Ecosystem Services

  13. Verena Seufert.  Organic Agriculture as an Opportunity for Sustainable Agricultural Development

  14. Stephanie Shumsky.  Food Security from the Forest: Regulating Wild Edible Plants for Household Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

  15. Colleen Eidt.  The Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) Role in applying the Action Research Planning and Optimization Framework for Food Security in the East African Community (EAC)

 

 

Conference and Research Papers:

Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development:  Towards a Framework for Resource Extraction Industries[.pdf]

 

The Relationship Between the Government and the Media: the Ecuador Situation.[.pdf]

 

Ecuador: Facing the Summit of the Americas and Other Foreign Policy Issues.[.pdf]

 

Ecuador frente a la VI Cumbre de las Américas y otros temas de política exterior[.pdf]

 

Relación entre el Gobierno y los Medios de Comunicación[.pdf]

 

The Challenge of Respecting Indigenous Peoples' Rights:  Comparing Experiences from Africa, Latin America and North America [.pdf] Report of the conference held at McGill in November 2011

 

A Future Peace or the Road to Future Conflict?  Making Sense of Sudan’s Impending Partition [.pdf]  Report of the workshop held at McGill in March 2011

 

Helping Haiti to Transform Itself. Promoting Sustainable Development Where It Has Never Existed Before. Report of the workshop held October 21‐22, 2010.[.pdf]

 

Workshop: How Do We Cope Together? Questioning the Orthodoxies[.pdf]

 

Did the Mexican Revolution Change the Privileges of the Elite or Not? The Role of Education on Social Mobility in Mexico and Chile[.pdf]

 

La revolución mexicana cambió los privilegios de las élites, ¿o no?[.pdf]

 

Derechos Humanos y Gobernabilidad Democrática. Oportunidades para la Cooperación Canadiense en el Perú[.pdf] Report by ISID Visiting Scholar Carmela Chavez Irigoyen

 

Reporte sobre Democracia y Autonomías en Bolivia en el periodo de Evo Morales[.pdf] Report by ISID Visiting Scholar Diego Ayo Saucedo

 

The Challenges of Development Today. Practitioners' Perspectives on Where to Move Forward[.pdf] Report on the conference held 23-24 March 2009 at McGill University

 

Peace and Development Project - Rwanda workshop report.pdf

 

Peace and Development Workshop Report[.pdf]

 

Encouraging a Fair Vote: The Role of the International Community in Helping to Strengthen Electoral Commissions. Rapporteur's Report: Public Sessions.[.pdf]

 

Encouraging a Fair Vote: The Role of the International Community in Helping to Strengthen Electoral Commissions. Rapporteur's Report: Private Sessions.[.pdf]

 

Breaking Down Walls: New Directions in Development Studies.[.pdf]

 

The Challenge of Development in Sub-Saharan Africa [.pdf]

 

Preparing for the Future: Identifying Issues and Mechanisms for Renewing Canada's Ties with the English-speaking Caribbean [.pdf]

 

The Challenge of Nation Building and the Rule of Law in Somalia: Roundtable Discussion [.pdf]

 

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