First-ever aid report a 'slap in the face'

Published October 7, 2009

A highly-anticipated report on Canadian international development efforts has been met with widespread disappointment and concerns the government's aid reforms are being driven by its own agenda rather than the needs of the world's poor.

On May 29, 2008, the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act received Royal Assent and came into force. The Act mandating a focus on poverty reduction, consideration...