{"id":2729,"date":"2026-07-27T11:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:16:32","slug":"aid-and-trade-how-does-canadian-official-development-assistance-affect-canadian-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/2026\/aid-and-trade-how-does-canadian-official-development-assistance-affect-canadian-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid and Trade: How Does Canadian Official Development Assistance Affect Canadian Exports?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Aid and Trade: How Does Canadian Official Development Assistance Affect Canadian Exports?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>A new study from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/people\/yiagadeesen-teddy-samy\/\" type=\"cu_people\" id=\"128\">Dr. Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy<\/a> and PhD student <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Roy Wu<\/strong> sheds fresh light on a question gaining traction in Ottawa: <strong>does Canadian foreign aid help grow Canadian exports?<\/strong> At a time when the federal government aims to double non\u2011US exports by 2035 and interest in a trade\u2011development nexus (TDN) is rising, the findings offer timely evidence\u2014and nuance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research, commissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/cooperation.ca\/\">Cooperation Canada<\/a>, updates earlier work by Bhushan and Siauw\u2011Soegiarto (2017) and analyzes the relationship between Canadian Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Canadian exports across 155 partner countries from 1989 to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Canada navigates fiscal pressures, global volatility, and the push for trade diversification, these findings offer evidence\u2011based guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-lg flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 \">\n            <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden \">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/rds\/assets\/font-awesome\/file-pdf.svg\" alt=\"An icon of a saxophone\" class=\"cu-icon-thumb \" style=\"filter: invert(20%) sepia(50%) saturate(7177%) hue-rotate(348deg) brightness(91%) contrast(100%);\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Aid and Trade: How Does Canadian Official Development Assistance Affect Canadian Exports? An Empirical Analysis\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 text-left\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Full Study\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/07\/ODA_Exports_Canada-July-27-2026.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Download\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        \n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-lg flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 \">\n            <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden \">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/rds\/assets\/font-awesome\/file-pdf.svg\" alt=\"An icon of a saxophone\" class=\"cu-icon-thumb \" style=\"filter: invert(20%) sepia(50%) saturate(7177%) hue-rotate(348deg) brightness(91%) contrast(100%);\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        How Does Canada\u2019s Official Development Assistance Affect Its Exports?\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 text-left\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Policy Brief\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/07\/Policy-Brief-ODA_Exports_Canada-July-27-2026.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Download\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        \n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) by Dr. Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and PhD student Roy Wu sheds fresh light on a question gaining traction in Ottawa: does Canadian foreign aid help grow Canadian exports? 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