ABSTRACT The global development cooperation (or foreign aid) regime – a key innovation of the post-Second World War liberal international order – is currently facing a deep, two-part challenge. While its supporters and participants have launched the most ambitious and inclusive vision ever for a sustainable path to human development in the form of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), these “Global Goals” are so expansive that many doubt their viability. At the same time, the public spiritedness on which development cooperation depends is sharply declining, as many governments pursue more narrowly self-serving approaches to international assistance. How has Canada positioned itself in relation to this dynamic and uncertain policy landscape? How should it position itself? While there are powerful incentives to pursue a more thematically focused and risk-averse approach, such an approach is not in this country’s “self-interest rightly understood,” and should be resisted.

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加拿大与不断变化的全球发展合作格局

摘要 全球发展合作（或外援）制度——二战后自由国际秩序的一项关键创新——目前正面临着两方面的深刻挑战。虽然其支持者和参与者以 2015 年可持续发展目标 (SDG) 的形式为人类发展的可持续道路发起了有史以来最雄心勃勃、最具包容性的愿景，但这些“全球目标”是如此广泛，以至于许多人怀疑其可行性。与此同时，发展合作所依赖的公众热情正在急剧下降，因为许多政府对国际援助采取更狭隘的自私自利方式。加拿大如何在这种动态和不确定的政策环境中定位自己？它应该如何定位自己？虽然有强大的动力去追求更专注于主题和规避风险的方法，但这种方法不符合该国“正确理解的自身利益”，应该予以抵制。