``David Morrison's book has long been anticipated. It does not disappoint. It is marked by the most careful scholarship, a clear and accessible literary style, a telling sensitivity for apt quotations, nuanced theoretical and normative judgements, and a sure touch when dealing with politics and personalities. Aid and the Ebb Tide is and will for long remain absolutely indispensable for anyone interested in Canada's relations with the developing world, in the making of public policy in Canada, and in the complexity of any serious effort to give expresssion in Canadian foreign policy to the underlying social values that, though under strain, are still central to the Canadian political culture.''

Table of Contents for
Aid and Ebb Tide: A History of CIDA and Canadian Development Assistance by David R. Morrison

List of Tables and Figures

List of Acronyms

Chronology of Key Events

List of Ministers and Senior Officials

Preface

01. Defining Canadian Development Assistance

02. The Early Years, 1950–66

03. Maurice Strong and the Creation of CIDA, 1966–70

04. Global Expansion and Growing Pains, 1970–77

05. Retrenchment and Reorientation, 1977–80

06. Rethinking the Mission, 1980–83

07. Multiple Mandates and Partners, 1983–89

08. A Jolt of Fresh Energy? ODA Policy Reviewed, 1984–89

09. Shifting Gears, 1989–93

10. Ebb Tide, 1993–98

11. Explaining Canadian ODA

Appendices

A. Canadian Official Development Assistance: Selected Components, Total, and ODA/GNP Ratio, 1949–50 to 1996–97

B. Percentage Distribution of Canadian Government-to-Government ODA by Region, Ten-Year Cumulative Totals, 1950–60, and Five-Year Cumulative Totals, 1960–95

C. Top Twenty Recipients of Canadian Government-to-Government ODA at Five-Year Intervals, 1960–61 to 1995–96

D. Core/Category I and Non-Core/Category II Countries, 1978, 1981, 1986

E. Publicly Financed Technical Assistance Personnel and Students and Trainees Supported by Canadian ODA, Five-Year Intervals, 1965–95

F. Canadian ODA: Proportion of DAC Effort and Comparative Standing, Five-Year Intervals, 1960–95

G. Percentage Distribution of All Attributable Country-to-Country Aid by Region, Canada and DAC Donors, 1970–71, 1980–81, and 1995–96

H. Percentage Distribution of Attributable Country-to-Country Aid by Country Income Level, Canada and All DAC Donors, 1970–71, 1980–81, and 1995–96

I. Canadian Multilateral ODA: Proportion of DAC Effort and Comparative Standing, Selected Years

Notes

Index