- Chronic fraud in Australia's aid program? Think again. A must-read on The Interpreter from Jonathan Pryke challenging The Australian's assertion last week that fraud was endemic within AusAID.
- See also Peter Varghese's Letter to the Editor and Richard Moore (former AusAid Deputy Director)'s response to the claims made in The Australian.
- A thoughtful piece in the Guardian on reframing aid as foreign public investment.
- UNDP Administrator Helen Clark delivered The Reeves Lecture, where she talked on the international promises and challenges of 2015.
- How can Africa benefit from the data revolution?
- This morning Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced a new strategy to engage with the private sector on aid.
- If you haven't already, you can participate in Devpolicy's annual Australian aid stakeholder survey (closes on 25 September).
- Ghanaian Hustle, a long read on the surge of small scale manufacturing in Ghana from Roads & Kingdoms.
Aid & development links: Australian aid beat-up, manufacturing in Ghana, the data revolution and more
Published 31 Aug 2015
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