The Government of Canada's policy for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) on human rights, democracy and good governance is situated within the framework of Canadian foreign policy and overall Government objectives. This document looks at human rights, democratization and good governance. Topics covered are: policy implementation; monitoring and evaluation; and companion documents.

This pamphlet describes the CIDA, its programs and its work, how countries qualify for assistance and how it is administered. Gives an overview of development assistance by country, presents the official Development Assistance Charter, and provides information on why Canada helps third world countries, who receives Canadian assistance, how Canada helps, how much help Canada provides, who manages Canada's aid program, and how the program works.

This brochure is designed to assist Canadian non-government organizations in applying to CIDA for financial support for their projects in developingcountries.

Multilateral development cooperation refers to nations pooling their strengths to deal with the world's needs and troubles. Canada is a major supporter of such an approach, investing about one-third of its development budget in multilateral initiatives. This document explains how those dollars are spent.