3 Mar 2025
Is this the end of aid as we know it?
The task for Western aid is not to rebuild what existed before, but to reduce dependency altogether.
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27 Feb 2025
UK aid cut: Implications for an increasingly lonely Australia
Starmer’s announcement is another demonstration of a narrowing perception of global security. -
21 Aug 2024
Australia takes a big first step to engage civil society in foreign policy
With a new multi-million dollar fund, Canberra underscores the importance of robust and transparent democracy. -
23 Feb 2024
Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold
A new review may cast a revealing light on how the government uses third-party institutions to shape the country’s strategic thinking. -
31 Oct 2023
Infrastructure for influence: Pacific Islands building spree
Even with stabilising debt and higher revenues, the region’s needs still outpace funding. Partnerships are key. -
11 Oct 2022
The Global Fragility Act in PNG: can the US succeed?
A seemingly radical approach that relies on prevention and relinquishing control may be a foreign policy game-changer. -
16 Sep 2022
Five reasons Australia should establish a Development Finance Institution
A DFI would expand Canberra’s development toolkit and re-establish the country as a serious financing partner in Asia. -
7 Oct 2021
Pacific Step-Up needs a Covid-era reboot
Australia must bolster its vaccine assistance with practical fixes, starting with energy and cold-storage solutions. -
2 Jul 2021
Forgiveness not permission: A feminist foreign policy
If Australia wants to adopt a values-based approach to the world, the next step is obvious. -
16 Feb 2021
What Biden means for Australia’s aid policy
The US president has signalled a serious commitment to bolstering international development. -
25 Sep 2020
Office of Development Effectiveness: Praised, then abolished
Two well-regarded evaluation bodies have been quietly scrapped. Why? -
4 Apr 2019
Budget 2019: the race to the bottom for foreign aid
As these cuts continue the downward trend of aid spending, so too does Australia’s decline in international standings. -
24 Nov 2017
The fall and fall of Australia’s aid program
The White Paper diminishes and stifles Australia's international development story. -
6 Nov 2017
Aid & development links: Female empowerment, OECD ODA, tax havens and more
Links on updates across the aid and development field. -
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