Foreign Affairs committee  I'll hand this mostly to my colleague Rachel, but I think one of the realities of this particular piece is that those 73% may be residing in middle-income countries right now. The trend lines are what we need to watch out for, and the volatility is such that some of the things we

Foreign Affairs committee  I think what is partly being pointed to is the need to be attentive to various aspects of vulnerability and poverty. This is multi-dimensional. Anywhere there is a marginalization of a particular community—be it an ethnic or a political ideology, or a religious minority—we need

Foreign Affairs committee  I think you've enumerated a number of concerns that do soak up a lot of the aid investment dollars. I think one of the aspects is counterbalances, or checks and balances, in having resources not just go to one level of government or to one NGO or to one multilateral. It helps w

Foreign Affairs committee  One of the things that we endeavour to do at World Vision is to listen to the communities and see what ideas are being birthed in those contexts and then try to take them and replicate them elsewhere. There are some interesting things that could be considered for investment, thin

Foreign Affairs committee  I think looking at the ecosystem of what different nations within the international development community have to offer and trading off with one another to ensure that we have good coverage are important considerations, . Some of it is about the kinds of interventions, the kinds

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I'm going to ask my colleague, Rachel, to enumerate a little bit of what we do there and illustrate a little bit our approach that way.

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of World Vision Canada's administrative costs, we endeavour to be at about an 80:20 ratio. That's 80% of our resources going toward the program activities and 20% being utilized to ensure we can reach Canadians with the message of need that's out there and advocate about

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I think the issue is really to look at the volatile nature of these situations. It really is the case that whether one chooses to do a country prioritization or a thematic or sectoral one, we need to have the highly adaptive ability to say, “Let's be more nimble.” In that,

Foreign Affairs committee  Good afternoon. I am Jamie McIntosh, vice-president of programs and policy, World Vision Canada.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to thank the committee for inviting us to appear before you today. World Vision is a child-focused, Christian relief, development and advocacy organization, working in nearly 100 countries around the world.