Riley Duke
Research Fellow, Pacific Aid Map
Areas of expertise
Pacific Islands aid and development; development finance
Biography
Publications
News and media
Riley Duke is a Research Fellow working on the Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map. Prior to joining the Institute in 2022, Riley worked as an intern at the Institute for Economics and Peace and was a recipient of a scholarship position for the Think Pacific internship program. He holds a Master of International Relations from the University of Sydney, with a specialisation in Country Risk Assessment. He was a participant in the University of Sydney Policy Reform Project, co-authoring a research paper commissioned by the Australian Human Rights Council. His research interests include aid and development policy in the Pacific, development finance, aid efficiency and sovereign risk.
Commentary
Trump's America First risks ceding more ground to China in Pacific
Originally published on Nikkei Asia
Vanuatu: The challenge to build back
A crippling earthquake will test Vanuatu’s already fragile political and economic system.
China’s Pacific aid is rebounding and recalibrated
Minor increases in spending and a surge in new deals signal renewed Chinese aid ambition in the region.
Reports
Pacific Aid Map 2024 - Key Findings Report
The annual Pacific Aid Map — launched by the Lowy Institute in 2018 — is a comprehensive database tracking official development finance (ODF) flows in the Pacific Islands region…
Interactives
Pacific Aid Map 2024
A comprehensive database tracking official development finance (ODF) flows in the Pacific Islands region, the seventh edition of the Pacific Aid Map encompasses the period from…
Pacific education: Backsliding outcomes and a financing freefall
Education indicators were already flat or falling before the pandemic and are getting worse. But development priorities are focused elsewhere.
Fragmented and burdensome: Small European donors are clogging Pacific aid channels
Competition, political self-interest, and poor coordination are overburdening the region’s administrations.
The Translator: The nomenclature of foreign aid
A series in which experts explain the sometimes baffling jargon of international affairs.
Pagination
Associated Press
20 December 2024
Dev Policy Blog
28 November 2023
Associated Press
31 October 2023
The Guardian
31 October 2023