Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
03 June 2011
Development
Canada’s Foreign Aid Effort Falling Behind
Canadians might see themselves as compassionate
souls, but some say Canada’s aid to developing
countries is nothing to cheer about
At the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 the international community created the financial
framework for development by setting up the
World Bank, the International Monetary Fund,
and their associated agencies
Every year the United Nations publishes
a report that draws comparisons among countries
Kyoto Box Cooker Uses Solar Power
A competition designed to find new ways
of combatting global warming picks
an innovative solar-
Missing the Millennium Development Goals
A decade after commitments to cure the
problems of Third World poverty, the global
community has made disappointing progress
Some Progress Charted in UN Development Report
Improvements in incomes, health, and
education have been made over the last four decades
Third World Poverty Increasing
As the world’s rich nations borrow vast amounts of
money to boost their economies there is little left
over for the world’s poorest people
Despite billions of dollars spent in the
developing world to raise living standards
poverty still refuses to loosen its grip
What are the arguments in favour of industrialized nations transferring money to developing nations? If you view the human race as a single community, then it's the right thing to do; families pull together to help out those going through a rough spell
There is enough food in the world for everyone,
but one out of every seven people on Earth is hungry