Rebuilding Zimbabwe: Australia's role in supporting the transition
Last month marked the first anniversary of the 2008 power-sharing accord that resulted in the creation of a new unity government in Zimbabwe. In a new Lowy Institute Policy Brief, Joel Negin and Jolyon Ford assess what Australia can do to assist the country’s re-emergence.
In March 2009, Australia became the first major donor country to provide assistance to the new power-sharing government. Given the pervading influence of hardline elements in the new government, however, many still worry about the risks involved in providing external support. Negin and Ford argue that external assistance can help sustain momentum for reform in Zimbabwe and sustain public belief in a post-Mugabe era. They propose several areas where Australian aid can provide support to the country’s fragile recovery process, including through a focus on agriculture and food security.
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Australian aid to Africa As part of its commitment to increase spending on overseas development assistance, the Australian government has announced a substantial re-engagement with Africa. Despite the anticipated increase in funding, however, Australia will still be a small player in...
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Into Africa The international resource boom has spurred a hunt for new mineral and hydrocarbon reserves, and an important new frontier in this search is Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Australian resource companies are now spending tens of billions of dollars on exploration...
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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Roger Donnelly and Benjamin Ford presentations
On 13 August at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, the authors of a new Lowy Institute Paper on the importance to Australia of the resources boom in Sub-Saharan Africa, Roger Donnelly and Benjamin Ford, launched their Paper, entitled 'Into Africa'.
Their presentation can be heard here:
Into Africa - MP3 (17MB)
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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Ms Lyn Lusi presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 9 September, Ms Lyn Lusi spoke about her experiences in the Democratic Republic of Congo, what we must learn from its tragic predicament and how the international community needs take responsibility for tackling the problem of gender-based violence as a tool of war.
Her PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here:
The need for a global response to gender-based violence - PPT (3MB)
Her presentation can be heard here:
The need for a global response to gender-based violence - MP3 (17MB)
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Big profits, losses out of Africa
Roger Donnelly and Ben Ford, authors of a new Lowy Institute Paper entitled 'Into Africa: how the resource book is making Sub-Saharan Africa more important to Australia', explain the significance of Australian resource companies' investment in Sub-Saharan Arica.
A version of this piece was published in
The Australian Financial Review, 13 August 2008, p. 63
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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Archbishop Odama presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 27 February, Archbishop John Odama spoke about the brutal twenty-year conflict in northern Uganda in his presentation 'Reconciliation and development: The Ugandan experience'.
The presentation is available here:
The Ugandan experience - MP3 (20MB)
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Africa's trajectory: through the long lens
The Lowy Institute is pleased to announce the launch of a 'Perspectives on Africa' page on its website under Programs & Projects. Reflecting both growing interest in Africa and a desire to present more nuanced portrayals of the African continent, the page will provided a regularly updated site for analyses, opinion pieces and speeches by scholars of and visitors to the Lowy Institute.
The Lowy Institute is launching its 'Perspectives on Africa' page with an analysis by Australian diplomat Philip Green on Africa's changing prospects. Green critically examines the commonplace perception of Africa as a continent of little more than war, famine and plague and identifies a number of positive trends in Africa's development going forward.
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Time is ripe for investment in Africa
Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Mark O'Neill writes in this opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review that Australia's renewed focus on Zimbabwe should reignite wider interest in Africa.
Australian Financial Review, 16 May 2007, p. 63
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Distiniguished Speaker Series - Morgan Tsvangirai presentation
On 29 August 2007, as part of the Lowy Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, President of the Movement for Democratic Change and Leader of the Opposition of Zimbabwe, addressed the critical economic and political situation in Zimbabwe.
His presentation can be heard here:
Prospects for Zimbabwe - MP3 (18MB)
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Beyond Zimbabwe
In this opinion piece, the Institute's Mark O'Neill says that Africa deserves more from Australia than just responses to crisis. He argues that Africa warrants greater policy attention from Australia. This piece was published in today’s West Australian.
The West Australian, 30 March 2007, p. 18
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Distinguished Speaker Series - Mr Philip Green presentation
Africa is usually in the news for all the wrong reasons: civil conflict, endemic disease, even terrorism. Yet, in viewing Africa as no more than a blighted continent, are we missing some of the important and more positive developments that are taking place? To help us understand the outlook for Africa, the Lowy Institute hosted an address by Philip Green OAM, Australian High Commissioner to South Africa.
Philip is a career foreign service officer with a strong background in Africa. He has been Australia's High Commissioner to South Africa and neighbouring countries since August 2004. He has previously served in Australian High Commissions in Tanzania, Zambia and the UK.
His presentation can be heard here:
Revisiting Africa - MP3 (19MB)
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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Archbishop Pius Ncube presentation
Our regular Lowy Lunch was held on Thursday, May 3 to allow a special visiting speaker, Archbishop Pius Ncube, to update us on the current situation in Zimbabwe.
Pius Alick Ncube was ordained as the Archbishop of Bulawayo (the second largest city in Zimbabwe and the centre of Matabeleland) on 25 January 1998. As a prominent critic of the Mugabe regime, Archbishop Ncube is an internationally recognised human rights activist. He has worked tirelessly in favour of social justice and against human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
His presentation is available here in PowerPoint:
The current situation in Zimbabwe - PPT (220KB)
His presentation can be heard here:
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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Dr Geoffrey Hawker presentation
At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 28 February, Dr Geoffrey Hawker discussed the growing social and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. As hyper-inflation continues and Mugabe's regime intensifies its repression of critics, signs of dissent within the ruling ZANU-PF party are emerging and general strikes are spreading. If external actors are powerless or unwilling to act, does an internal settlement seem possible?
Dr Hawker's presentation can be heard here:
Mugabe falling? - MP3 (20MB)
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Toxic shock: how the West used Somalia as a dump
Daniel Flitton writes in an opinion piece on the dumping of hazardous waste off the coast of Somalia.
Canberra Times, 8 April 2005, p. 11
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