A special edition of aid and development links this week – focussing on aid delivery (or lack thereof) to Typhoon Haiyan victims in the Philippines:
- A personal journey to Typhoon Haiyan’s ground zero, from SBS's Kathy Novak.
- In the Wall Street Journal, the Lowy Institute’s Rory Medcalf argued that China has allowed the territorial dispute in the South China Sea to distort its response to Typhoon Haiyan.
- Bloomberg’s William Pesek agrees with Rory.
- China’s lacklustre aid response was questioned globally, leading the Chinese government to raise it from US$100,000 to US$1.75 million.
- This is still far below Australia's $30 million and even lower than that donated by Swedish furniture giant IKEA.
- World Vision Australia's Tim Costello on the need for long-term recovery assistance to the Philippines.
- 10 practical lessons for NGOs responding to Typhoon Haiyan, from Roger Yate, Plan International’s Director of Disaster Response.
- A cartographic guide to Typhoon Haiyan, courtesy of the Washington Post.
- Also from the Post, Vijaya Ramachandran and Owen Barder: 'Let’s help the Philippines — but not like we helped Haiti'.