Professors Franque Grimard and Christian Novak of ISID have produced a new policy brief for the Institute on "Updating the DFI's Operating Models and Methods Towards Helping Achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". Read it online!


The Institute for the Study of International Development congratulates Dr Kate Bersch for the publication of her new book. "When Democracies Deliver: Governance Refrom in Latin America". Dr Bersch was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for the academic years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, and much of the research and writing of this volume was made possible by her ISID fellowship.
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When Democracies Deliver: Governance Reform in Latin America
Katherine Bersch, Davidson College, North Carolina

The Institute for the Study of International Development is pleased to learn of the publication by Georgetown University Press of "Refugees' Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries", edited by ISID's Megan Bradley along with James Milner and Blair Peruniak.

The Institute for the Study of International Development's regular newsletter, LATITUDE, is now available for download. Read up on our people, our research, our events and our programs!
Printed copies are available at the Institute in Peterson Hall.

ISID Professor of Practice, Dr Eliane Ubalijoro, is profiled in Forbes magazine.
Read the full article online: https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2019/03/07/5-lessons-for-a-non-...

ISID's Global Governance Lab releases a new policy brief by Francesco Amodio and Andreas Menzel, "Working in Export Manufacturing: A Blessing or a Curse". Read about it here!

ISID Professor of Practice Rachel Kiddell-Monroe and Celine de Richoufftz write a new policy brief entitled, Fleeing Violence in Central America: Time to Implement Canada's Resettlement Policies. Read about it here!

ISID is please to share the latest policy brief from its Global Governance Lab, written by Professor Megan Bradley.

ISID is please to share the latest policy brief from its Global Governance Lab, written by Professor Megan Bradley and entitled "Recognizing Natural Disasters as a Concern for Transitional Justice". Available for download.
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Arts Life Magazine meets the Honourable Karina Gould, a former Latin American and Caribbean Studies Student of ISID!

ISID has released a new policy brief on energy efficiency in emerging markets, by ISID Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir and Khaled Agha. Read about it here!

Ms Aruna Roy, noted Indian social activist, was invited to be Professor of Practice in Global Governance in residence at the Institute for the Study of International Development in Fall 2016. One of her tasks was to teach a 500-level seminar course. This invitation to come to McGill was, among other things, an acknowledgement of the role that she and her organisation – The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) - played in the successful people’s campaigns which led to pro-people legislations being passed in the Indian parliament in the period between 2004 and 2014.

ISID has published a new policy brief on "The Effect of the Italian Support System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers on the Local Economy", by Claire Paoli, Angelo Martelli and ISID's Francesco Amodio. Read about it here!
ISID Faculty Lecturer has just won the Arts Undergraduate Society Teaching Excellence Award! Each year, the AUS recognizes outstanding teaching staff in the Faculty of Arts through its Teaching Excellence Award. Nominations for the award come out of the student body.
Read about it here! https://www.facebook.com/ausmcgill/