Heretic thoughts on 0.7, the foreign aid Holy Grail

For far too long, it’s been a third rail of Canadian foreign policy. It’s time to return to what the original thinking was behind the goal.

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has refused to commit to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid. Maybe that shouldn't be the goal anyway, argues Andrew Caddell.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

September 27, 2017

Point seven per cent. It is perhaps the most bandied about and least understood phrase in the global development “catechism.” The figure refers to the objective of offering seven-tenths of one per cent of gross national income (GNI) to official development assistance (ODA) budgets. It has oste...

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