- Good overview from Stephen Howes on the rhetoric and the reality of Australia's aid objectives.
- Curious about where Chinese Aid is spent in Africa? Nice Infograhic.
- Inside the politics of breastfeeding promotion: good Impatient Optimists blog post on the Gates Foundation.
- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe recently celebrated his 90th birthday in true dictator style, with festivities purported to cost more than US$1 million. Unemployment in the country is estimated at 80% and Zimbabwe ranks 172 on the Human Development Index.
- With the G20 Finance Ministers' meeting just concluded in Sydney, good time to rethink development issues and the G20. This Lowy Institute G20 Monitor is a good start.
- Inspired by Humans of New York, a couple of Papua New Guinean photographers have started a Humans of Papua New Guinea initiative and have created a Facebook page to display their collection. There are some poignant and beautiful entries.
- How rich countries are reshuffling aid priorities and turning to the private sector to fund business opportunities in poor countries.