- Poverty among Australians is on the rise; one in six children struggling, says new Australian Council of Social Services report.
- China is at the bottom of the pack among major donors in making foreign aid information accessible, according to the latest edition of a global index on aid transparency.
- Interesting podcast on what the Ebola crisis means for long-term development progress in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Oxfam America considers the arguments for and against reducing the number of the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals.
- Lessons on aid spending from Korea.
- With horrific violence from ISIS towards aid workers, good reading from Devex on the increasing risks to aid worker security.
- WATCH: Acceptance speech from Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2014:
Aid & development links: Rising poverty in Australia, donor transparency, aid worker security and more
Published 13 Oct 2014
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