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Aid & development links: OECD data, AIIB, Jacquie Lambie, capital outflow and more

Stephanie Dunstan

Published 13 Apr 2015 Follow @StephieDunstan

New OECD aid data (see table below) shows development aid stable, but flows to poorest countries still falling.
The OECD data highlighted that Australia's foreign aid cuts are among the biggest in the developed world.
Chris Blattman on development reformers: 'I think even very smart and experienced people are profoundly bad at knowing what the problems are in the economy'.
In Australia, Senator Jacqui Lambie declines an invitation to visit Australian aid projects . ACFID released a list of 10 things Jacquie Lambie should know about Australian aid.
Stewart Patrick: decision by America's European allies to join AIIB is 'a body blow to the U.S.-led international order created in the wake of World War II, which is crumbling before our eyes.'
Do aid and development projects need their own TripAdvisor feedback system? Possibly, says Duncan Green, Oxfam adviser.
Developing economies are suffering a massive outflow of capital.
How the US presidential candidates rate on aid. An ABC Radio Australia podcast from Jemima Garrett.
Want to get a job in development/aid sector? The definitive 368 page guide.

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