ISID Publications

UNFPA Policy Briefs

Understanding the Links Between Sexual and Reproductive Health Status and Poverty Reducation. Final Report commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund and prepared jointly by the Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University, and the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Case Study. Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Poverty Reduction:Understanding the Links with Economic Growth and Improvements in Household Income. Rosana Heringer.

Case Study.Lebanon:  An Overview. Context, Evolving Demographics for Women, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Poverty and Women, Gender and Rights. Jocelyn DeJong and Sonya Meyerson-Knox.

Case Study. Understanding the Links Between Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study from Ghana. Akosua K. Darkwah

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)

Peace and Development Research Project

Peace and Development Research Project - Final Report and Case Studies

Miscellaneous Research Papers:

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]

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