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PDT IN THE NEWS
- 2010 -
Peace Dividend Trust Finds New Business Frontiers ... in Afghanistan 
FastCompany, 28 July 2010
Australia pulls some aid out of East Timor
Radio Australia Today, 13 June 2010
Australian Aid Cuts to East Timor under fire
Radio ABC Australia, 10 June 2010
From Kabul to Port-au-Prince
Journal of International Peace Operations, Volume 5, Number 6. May-June 2010
It pays for aid groups to buy supplies locally
The Vancouver Sun, 31 May 2010
Canadian Voices: Thinking locally when acting globally
The Toronto Star, 31 May 2010
Canadian Voices: Mike Capstick
Government of Canada, 17 May 2010
Timor-Leste: Tough times in distant Oecusse
IRIN News, 17 May 2010
Global Aid Is No Relief for Small Haitian Businesses
The Wall Street Journal, 3 March 2010
Power & Politics with
Evan Solomon: Disaster in Haiti: The Recovery
CBC Radio Canada, 16 February 2010
Ottawa Morning: Haiti
What's Next. Interview with Wayne Nightingale
CBC Radio Canada, 12 February 2010
Afghan
Contractors Learn Procedure for Projects
Combined Joint Task Force-82 News, 29 January 2010
- 2009 -
Helping the Afghan Economy: A view from Kabul
Foreign Policy, 18 December 2009
Linking despair to infrastructure
The Ottawa Citizen, 16 December 2009
Skoll Foundation Invests in Leading Social Entrepreneurs
Skoll Foundation, 15 December 2009
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: In East Timor, Rebuilding Effort Continues
PBS, Kira Kay reporting , 12 November 2009
Buy Local With SMS: Connecting Suppliers with Humanitarian Operations in East Timor and Afghanistan
MobileActive.org, 21 October 2009
Economic growth, jobs are secret to Afghan win
Globe and Mail, 07 October 2009
Big plans in pipeline for Afghan contractors
Gulfnews.com, 06 October 2009
Buy Local. Build Timor-Leste makes the Television
Tempo Semanal TV, 27 August 2009
UNAMA tells the international community to buy local
Reliefweb.com, 19 July 2009
Local Procurement Conference
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 10 June 2009
Buy Afghan goods first
UNAMA Press Release, 10 June 2009
Female Business Leaders Conference
USAASC, May 2009
The Link: Interview with Scott Gilmore
Radio Canada International, 25 May 2009
East Timor: From sighs to steps forward with the use of the Internet
Global Voices, 9 May 2009
Canada's top 40 under 40 awards - Scott Gilmore
Globe and Mail, 1 May 2009
Buy local protectionism
ON Line Opinion, 1 April 2009
- 2008 -
Battle for progress
The Australian, 09 October 2008
UNMIT supports initiative to 'Buy Local, Build Timor-Leste
UNMIT Weekly, 16 June 2008
Profiting from peace in East Timor
BBC News, 14 June 2008
To support Timorese economy, UN mission aims to increase local purchasing
UN News Centre, 12 June 2008
UNMIT supporting the growth of Timor-Leste's private sector
UNMIT Media Advisory, 11 June 2008
Afghanistan's marketplace goes virtual
Wire Service Canada, 20 May 2008
Lucy Williamson interview: PDT's work in Timor-Leste
BBC, May 2008
Canadian companies largely absent from Afghanistan
Embassy Newspaper Online, 16 April 2008
Aid money should be spent locally
Lowy Institute for International Policy: Email of the Day, 5 March 2008
Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Industry sign MoU with PDT
Timor Post, 21 February 2008
Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Industry sign MoU with PDT (English translation)
Timor Post, 21 February 2008
Bottled-water market mushrooms in Afghanistan
FOODBEV.com, 13 January 2008
- 2007 -
Too few development dollars actually spent in Afghanistan
CanWest News Service, 22 November 2007
Afghan bottled-water market tapped by foreign and domestic firms
CanWest News Service, 22 November 2007
Afghanistan: Meeting the Development Challenge
Policy Options, October 2007
Buying local opens business in Kabul
Vanguard Canada, 2007
Bolstering the local economy in Afghanistan
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, September 2007
Interview with Shirine Pont
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, September 2007
New data on the economic impact of UN peacekeeping
International Peacekeeping, 1 June 2007
By Michael Carnahan, William Durch, and Scott Gilmore
- 2006 -
Afghan financial minister praises Afghan First program
Coalition Press Information Center, 13 November 2006
Coalition buys local, helps bolster Afghan economy
AFP in Middle East Times, 27 October 2006
Afghan bottling plant wins contract to supply water to coalition troops
Coalition Press Information Center, 9 October 2006
Raising Peacekeeping Dividends
Foreign Service Journal, September 2006
By Gary Gray
What went wrong in East Timor?
Globe and Mail, 20 June 2006
By Scott Gilmore, Executive Director of Peace Dividend Trust
Coalition boosting business opportunities with Afghan First
Coalition Press Information Center, 11 April 2006
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