NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Developing countries where Canada can make a difference
CIDA will target its efforts in the following sectors: governance, health (with a focus on HIV/AIDS), basic education, private-sector development, and environmental sustainability, with gender equality as a cross-cutting theme that is systematically and explicitly integrated across all programming. These sectors are all fundamental to human well-being and crucial to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, internationally agreed, time-bound, and quantifiable targets for reducing global poverty.
Full release found here.