Susanne Courtney
Susanne Courtney is a freelance journalist and writer based in Canada. A former fellow in global journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in Toronto, her writing focuses primarily on international affairs, international development and development finance. Recently, she wrote the 2021 State of the Sector Report on Canada's Impact Investing in Emerging and Frontier Markets.
- Susanne Courtney
- • July 12, 2022
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With the world facing an unprecedented food crisis, the smallest of the three Rome-based agencies of the United Nations — the International Fund for Agricultural Development — has a new president. Álvaro Lario, its chief financial officer and a…
- Categories: Development, Poverty, SDGs, UN Agencies
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- Susanne Courtney
- • May 11, 2022
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Mukesh Kapila has been shining a spotlight on a low-profile United Nations agency that was recently exposed by several media for possible corruption, based on Kapila’s explosive blog posts that began in early March on the UN entity. Kapila,…
- Categories: Development, UN Agencies
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- Susanne Courtney
- • March 28, 2022
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TORONTO — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seriously rattled Europe and the rest of the world and upset the normally sedate discourse of diplomats at the United Nations as well. The public remarks of Canada’s UN ambassador about the…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Peace and Security, Security Council
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