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Poverty and Inequality

ISID publications belonging to this research cluster Economic Development and Living Standards

Research to Practice Policy Briefs

PB-2019-03 Francesco Amodio and Andreas Menzel.  PDF icon Working in Export Manufacturing:  A Blessing or a Curse? Poverty and Inequality
PB-2019-02 Rachel Kiddell-Monroe and Celine de Richoufftz. PDF icon Fleeing Violence in Central America: Time to Implement Canada's Resettlement Policy Poverty and InequalityGovernance and Society
PB-2018-01 Jamal Saghir. Water Security and Growth: The case of the Middle East and North Africa Countries.  
PB-2017-06 Francesco Amodio and Michele Di Maio. Trade restrictions lead to lower wages and more violence.  
PB-2017-04 Maxime Honigmann. Fostering Sustainably Resilient Communities:What Works and What is Required?  
PB-2017-03 Maxime Honigmann. Moving Towards More Socially-Connected Educational Systems: From Theory to Practice.  
PB-2017-02 Jamal Saghir. Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Sub Saharan Africa: A View from the Ground  
PB-2017-01 Jamal Saghir and Hans Hoogeveen. Transforming Sub Saharan Africa Agriculture  
CS-2016-02 Shashank Aeri and Trevor N. May. Creating Value Through the Chain: SABMiller & the Tenderos  
CS-2016-01 Lauren Konken and Geneva List. Mine the (Development) Gap? A Case Study  
PB-2015-08 Iryna Volynets. Social Innovation and Aboriginal Communities  
PB-2015-07 Ben Geboe. Comparative Approaches to Reconciliation: Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand  
PB-2014-02 Katie Saulnier. Aboriginal Self-Determination: A Comparative Study of New Zealand, Australia and the United States  
PB-2014-01 Ben Geboe. An Overview of Community Development Initiatives Engaging Indigenous People in Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America  
PB-2013-21 Tonia Warnecke. Targeting the ‘Invisible’: Improving Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Informal Sector Women Economic Development and Living Standards Identity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference
PB-2013-20 Sonia Laszlo. Breaking Down the Barriers to Rural Education: Recent Evidence from Natural and Randomized Experiments in Developing Countries Economic Development and Living Standards
PB-2013-19 Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Amy R. Poteete and David Rothwell. A Tripartite Analysis of Sustainable Development: Environmental, Social, and Political Forms of Sustainability Economic Development and Living Standards States and State InstitutionsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference
PB-2013-18 Shelley Clark. Improving the Future of Maternal and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa by Investing in Adolescent Girls Economic Development and Living Standards States and State InstitutionsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference
PB-2013-16 Christopher Wade. Strengthening Food Security in Africa: A Case for Supporting Pastoralism in East Africa Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2013-15 Sarah Jane Wilson. Making Tree-planting Projects Work for the Rural Poor in Latin America Economic Development and Living Standards
PB-2013-12 Matthew Pritchard. Land Tenure Reforms for Food Security in South Sudan Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2013-10 Carlyn A. James. CIDA’s Role in Enhancing Smallholder Food Security: Insights from the Informal Economy Economic Development and Living Standards States and State InstitutionsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference
PB-2013-09 Efeoghene Igor. The Illusion of Race Neutrality: Re-Thinking Poverty in Post-Apartheid South Africa Economic Development and Living Standards States and State InstitutionsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference
PB-2013-08-FR Valérie Dagenais. Investir dans le développement holistique des jeunes enfants : une priorité vers une réduction de la pauvreté Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2013-07 Cassandra Cotton. Growing Up on the Edge: The Well-Being of Children and Youth in the Slums of Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2013-06 Arlette Saint-Ville. Using Social Network Analysis (SNA) to map social capital and social networks of smallholder farmer knowledge networks to enhance innovation and food security policy in the Caribbean Community Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2012-15 Colleen Eidt. The Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) Role in applying the Action Research Planning and Optimization Framework for Food Security in the East African Community (EAC) Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2012-14 Stephanie Shumsky. Food Security from the Forest: Regulating Wild Edible Plants for Household Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2012-13 Verena Seufert. Organic Agriculture as an Opportunity for Sustainable Agricultural Development Economic Development and Living Standards
PB-2012-12 Josée Méthot. Managing Food Security for Resilience: The Role of Ecosystem Services Economic Development and Living Standards
PB-2012-10 Mark Mattner. The Development Impact of Extractive Industries: Policy Options for CIDA Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2012-08 Kedra Hildebrand. Improving CIDA’s Aid Effectiveness Agenda in Vietnam by Targeting the Mekong Delta Economic Development and Living Standards
PB-2012-07 Susan Dodsworth. The Policy Implications of Evolving Aid Modalities Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2012-06 Isabelle Deschamps. Stimulating Sustainable Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa with Legal Systems Enabling Women Entrepreneurs’ Creativity Economic Development and Living Standards States and State InstitutionsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference
PB-2012-04 Serge Adjognon. Contract Farming as a Tool for Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2012-03 Matthieu Chemin, Krzysztof Pelc and Paola Perez Aleman. Economic Growth and Food Security: Overlooked Opportunities at the Local, National, and International Level Economic Development and Living Standards States and State Institutions
PB-2012-02 Jon Unruh. The Role of Land Resource Rights in the Maximization of Adaptation Investments: The Example of Darfur Economic Development and Living Standards Identity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference

Aboriginal Policy Study Papers

PB-2013-01 Philip Oxhorn and Susan Dodsworth. The Challenge of Sustainable Resource Development in Indigenous Communities Economic Development and Living Standards States and State InstitutionsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference

UNFPA Policy Briefs

PB-2012-18 Understanding the Links Between Sexual and Reproductive Health Status and Poverty Reducation. Final Report commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund and prepared jointly by the Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University, and the National University of Ireland, Galway. Economic Development and Living Standards States and State InstitutionsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference

Case Studies
PB-2011-03 Akosua K. Darkwah. Understanding the Links Between Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study from Ghana Economic Development and Living Standards States and State InstitutionsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference
PB-2011-02 Jocelyn DeJong and Sonya Meyerson-Knox. Lebanon: An Overview. Context, Evolving Demographics for Women, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Poverty and Women, Gender and Rights Economic Development and Living StandardsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference States and State Institutions
PB-2011-01 Rosana Heringer. Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Poverty Reduction:Understanding the Links with Economic Growth and Improvements in Household Income Economic Development and Living StandardsIdentity, Diversity, and the Mediation of Difference States and State Institutions
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