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Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) focus is on public finance and policy established in 2016 at the University of Ottawa. Funding from the Government of Ontario was announced on February 25, 2016.

Administration
The Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) which is funded by the Government of Ontario, is led by Kevin Page, "the Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chair (JLP) and previously Canada’s first Parliamentary Budget Officer." Helaina Gaspard, also from JLP, is the senior research associate; Sahir Khan is the senior visiting fellow from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Sahir Khan described the student-led initiative as a "platform for experiential learning" and "on-the-job training" that has the potential to result in "public policy change and public policy development."

Network
JLP works with a network of international and domestic organizations, such as the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the National Governors Association.

Projects
In 2015, Page's students, under his direction, worked with the Open Society Foundation in Myanmar. By March 2016, the "World Bank’s mobile app", "co-branded" with the University of Ottawa, was "entirely run by U of O students." Two U of O students who interned at the World Bank in 2016, worked directly with 16 of the World Bank's "affiliated client countries."