1.0EWB Canadahttps://www.ewb.ca/en/Commshttps://www.ewb.ca/en/author/august-admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.ewb.ca/en/what-we-do/advocating-for-change/campaigns/untie-aid/">Untie Aid</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ewb.ca/en/what-we-do/advocating-for-change/campaigns/untie-aid/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Untie Aid” — EWB Canada" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Tied aid requires that the recipients of Canada’s foreign aid—some of the world’s poorest countries—purchase exclusively Canadian goods and services with the available funding. Under this system, aid money is wasted because of the inherent advantage to Canadian companies: competitive bids for cost-effective development projects are not viable. In September 2008, after four years of campaigning by EWB Canada, the Canadian government announced that it would completely untie all of Canada’s aid by 2012. What is tied aid? Engineers Without Borders has worked on dozens of donor projects across Africa. At least three out of four have suffered setbacks in their projects because their aid was tied. Tied aid mandates developing nations to buy products only from donor countries as a condition for development assistance. Essentially, we give with one hand, and take with the other. Here is a dollar, we say, but you have to spend it on our wheat, our consultants, our textbooks. You might be able to buy these in your own country, but if our aid is tied, they’ll have to be shipped half way around the world to get to you. In fact, the OECD calculates that aid can be made 15-30% more effective by untying it. Why is it important? The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that tied aid raises the cost of goods and services by up to 30 per cent. Untying Canada’s aid not only added $90-180 million to our annual aid budget but also helped make goods and services purchased for development initiatives more appropriate, efficient, and cost-effective by encouraging countries to source local products. What is the significance of untying Canada’s aid? Untying aid is one of the “no-brainers” that compassionate countries can do. Rather than leading in this area, Canada was at the back of the […]https://www.ewb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Copy-of-Concordia_ChampagneParty1.jpg16001066