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Pacific Aid Map 2025 - Key Findings Report
Report
Pacific Aid Map 2025 - 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…
By Riley Duke, Alexandre Dayant, Nasirra Ahsan, Roland Rajah
Pacific Aid Map 2025
Interactive
Pacific Aid Map 2025
A comprehensive database tracking official development finance (ODF) flows in the Pacific Islands region, the eighth edition of the Pacific Aid Map encompasses the period from…
By Riley Duke, Alexandre Dayant, Nasirra Ahsan, Roland Rajah
Development Futures: Climate change and the great procrastination
Podcast
Development Futures: Climate change and the great procrastination
By Melanie Pill
How to scale up Australia’s investment in Pacific climate adaptation
Policy Brief
How to scale up Australia’s investment in Pacific climate adaptation
Australia could significantly increase its climate adaptation investment in the Pacific by shifting funding away from technical advisers and towards infrastructure.
By Roland Rajah, Riley Duke, Georgia Hammersley
Southeast Asia Aid Map 2025 - Key Findings Report
Report
Southeast Asia Aid Map 2025 - Key Findings Report
Third edition of the Southeast Asia Aid Map, encompassing the period from 2015 to 2023, including data on more than 130,000 projects carried out by 109 development partners,…
Southeast Asia Aid Map 2025
Interactive
Southeast Asia Aid Map 2025
Third edition of the Southeast Asia Aid Map, encompassing the period from 2015 to 2023, including data on more than 130,000 projects carried out by 109 development partners,…
Peak repayment: China’s global lending
Data Snapshot
Peak repayment: China’s global lending
Soaring debt repayments and a sharp reduction in lending have transformed China’s role in developing country finances from capital provider to debt collector. 
Trapped in debt: China’s role in Laos’ economic crisis
Analysis
Trapped in debt: China’s role in Laos’ economic crisis
Laos is trapped in a severe debt crisis with no resolution in sight, threatening a decade of economic and social malaise. This Analysis examines the drivers of the Lao debt crisis…
Hedging bets: Southeast Asia’s approach to China’s aid
Analysis
Hedging bets: Southeast Asia’s approach to China’s aid
Demand for development finance reflects both a country’s needs and its foreign policy agency — shaping approaches from constrained to opportunistic.