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Aid & development links: Very short reviews, best aid donors, World Bank MOOCs and more

World Bank economist David Evans continues his popular one-sentence summary of development research with a look at 150- papers from a recent development economics conference, a…

Pacific Island links: new Vanuatu deputy PM, Fiji police chief quits, Bishop in PNG and more

Fiji’s Police Commissioner Ben Groenewald has resigned unexpectedly, citing personal reasons but letting slip in an interview with Radio Australia that the Fiji military’s…

Divergent views: How the Taiwanese and China media reacted to the historic leaders meeting

By Jackson Kwok and Marie-Alice McLean-Dreyfus, interns with the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program Comparing cross-strait coverage of the historic meeting between Xi Jinping and…

Aid & development links: ranking aid influence, governance mojo, longer lives for all and more

Australia is terrible at influencing its aid recipients, according to a massive survey conducted by AidData. Dramatic aid cuts have probably not helped. Aid investments in…

Double trouble: China's bid to increase birth rate is no sure thing

By Marie-Alice McLean-Dreyfus, an intern with the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program China's historic policy change to allow all couples to have two children was presented as an…

Pacific Island Links: PNG budget, ADF back in Fiji, Aust pollies' island tours and more

The PNG government brought down the 2016 budget this week, which drew the government back from the edge of a fiscal crisis. Jonathan Pryke provided his immediate reaction to the…

As RAN prepares to exercise with China's navy, Australia risks a PR disaster

Australia and its Navy are in an awkward spot, caught between China and the US in the full glare of a global media spotlight shone on the South China Sea. Two Royal Australian…

Pacific Island links: Vanuatu corruption, Bainimarama in Aust, PNG drought and more

The Vanuatu corruption and pardon scandal continues, with 11 MPs released on bail after being arrested for conspiring to defeat the course of justice. Today, Vanuatu's Supreme…

Indo-Pacific security links: Cyber, AUSMIN, South China Sea, anti-access and more

The Indo-Pacific is a strategic system encompassing the Indian and Pacific oceans, reflecting the expanding interests and reach of China and India as well as the enduring role of…

Guangxi bombings: Corruption and power-abuse take their toll

Seventeen parcel bombs exploded in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region last Wednesday, and there was a further explosion on Thursday. There were ten deaths, more than 50 casualties,…

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