Researchers, policymakers and displaced Ukrainian leaders gather in Warsaw to discuss action, advocacy and durable solutions to address the displacement crisis in Ukraine

On 8 November 2020, Myanmar will hold its second election since the country’s gradual liberalization began. Despite presenting itself as a force for liberal democracy five years ago, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has demonstrated its unwillingness to commit itself to the protection of civil freedoms and the expansion of federal governance.

McGill-ISID's Professor of Practice Christian Novak participated last week at the OECD's 2020 conference on Private Finance for Sustainable Development.

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!
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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!
Prime Ministrer Trudeau will attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, the year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Peru, which will culminate on 19–20 November 2016 in Lima. (APEC)
Since the 1960s, a number of programs have enabled promising students from developing countries to attend institutions of higher education in the global North with the goal of equipping them to contribute more effectively to development in their own countries. But, how do African scholarship recipients today understand their potential contributions to the development of their home societies? Does this differ among students who study in their home countries, in other African countries, or in the global North?
The Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) at McGill University will host the conference “The Challenge of Developing Countries from the Bottom-up” to examine the needs of international development in today’s increasingly complex world. The event will bring together more than a dozen of the world’s top figures in international development. Speakers will discuss methods of generating national development in sustainable ways through the participation of experts from the non-profit, private and public sectors, local and transnational civil society actors, and the international development community. The conference will be held at Centre Mont-Royal, 2200 Mansfield Street, Montreal on March 21-22, 2013.
