Riley Duke

Research Fellow, Pacific Aid Map
Riley Duke
Biography
Publications

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.

Australia sets the rhythm in a complex Pacific dance
Commentary
Australia sets the rhythm in a complex Pacific dance
Original posted in The Canberra Times
De-risking developing country debt
De-risking developing country debt
Debt suspension clauses should be rolled out by Western lenders, including Australia.
Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development
Commentary
Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development
Originally published in Samoa Observer, 4 November 2023.
Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development
Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development
International assistance is not keeping up with intensifying rate and scale of disasters in the region.
Pacific Aid Map 2023 - Key Findings Report
Reports
Pacific Aid Map 2023 - Key Findings Report
The annual Pacific Aid Map — launched by the Lowy Institute in 2018 — is an analytical tool designed to improve aid and development effectiveness in the Pacific Islands region. It…
2023 Pacific Aid Map
Interactives
2023 Pacific Aid Map
Australia is the Pacific's largest development partner in our sixth annual interactive, mapping every aid project in the Pacific from 2008–2021 as the region faces new development…
Budget time: Will Labor rebuild Australia’s aid program, and how? 
Budget time: Will Labor rebuild Australia’s aid program, and how? 
Global crisis and shifting economic realities mean Australia must both rebuild and modernise its development efforts.
A changing aid landscape in the Pacific
A changing aid landscape in the Pacific
Budget support was favoured during the pandemic, with loans — which must be repaid — also overtaking grants.
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