Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada's Aid Program

Published:
October 1, 2007

Can good governance be exported? International development assistance is more frequently being applied to strengthening governance in developing countries, and in Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada's Aid Program, the editors bring together diverse perspectives to investigate whether aid for good governance works. The first section of the book outlines the changing face of international development assistance and ideas of good governance. The second section analyzes six nations. Three are countries to which Canada has devoted a significant portion of its aid efforts over the past five to ten years: Ghana, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Two are newer and more complex "fragile states," which Canada has engaged: Haiti and Afghanistan. These five are then compared with Mauritius, which has enjoyed relatively good governance. The final section looks at challenges and new directions for Canada's development policy.

About the Authors

Jennifer Welsh is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security at McGill University, and director of the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies.