Bernard Wood
 Bernard Wood    ( academic) | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | • Loyola College Montreal • Carleton University |
Canadian think-tanker evaluating official programs of development assistance. Attended the 1985 Bilderberg meeting, where one of the subjects was How Should The West Deal With Developing Countries?. | |
Bernard Wood was director of the North South Institute, evaluating official programs of development assistance[1]. He attended the 1985 Bilderberg meeting, where one of the subjects was How Should The West Deal With Developing Countries?.
Education
Woods took a degree in history at Loyola College Montreal and International Affairs at Carleton University. He received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Canadian Army while at university.[1]
Career
From 1976 to 1989 he was the founding Director of the North-South Institute in Canada. In the 1980s, he was a pioneer in taking evaluations of official programs of development assistance to the critical country level and in deepening assessments of civil society assistance.[2]
From February 1989 to July 1992, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security (CIIP), a position to which he was appointed by the Secretary of State for External Affairs for Canada.[3]
He was a leading researcher and commentator on issues of international affairs and defence for 15 years. Wood was advisor to Canada's parliament, a prime minister and a minister of different parties.[1]
He has represented Canada on a number of delegations to the United Nations and other international bodies.[3]
In 1993 he was a Fellow of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, focusing on a major review of the state of theory and comparative practices in development and development co-operation.[3]
He became Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate of the OECD in September 1993.[3], which he led until 1999.[4]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1985 | 10 May 1985 | 12 May 1985 | New York US Arrowwood of Westchester Rye Brook | The 33rd Bilderberg, held in Canada |
