3 Mar 2025 Is this the end of aid as we know it? Soli Middleby The task for Western aid is not to rebuild what existed before, but to reduce dependency altogether.
27 Feb 2025 UK aid cut: Implications for an increasingly lonely Australia Grace Stanhope , Riley Duke 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 Heather Wrathall , Jasmine Stephens 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 Greg Earl 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 Meg Keen 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? Jessica Collins 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 Roland Rajah 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 Edward Cavanough 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 Alice Ridge , Joanna Pradela 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 Dane Moores The US president has signalled a serious commitment to bolstering international development.
25 Sep 2020 Office of Development Effectiveness: Praised, then abolished Stephen Howes Two well-regarded evaluation bodies have been quietly scrapped. Why?
4 Apr 2019 Budget 2019: the race to the bottom for foreign aid Jonathan Pryke 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 Annmaree O’Keeffe 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 Alexandre Dayant Links on updates across the aid and development field.
21 Dec 2015 Aid & development links: Migrants Day, UK's new aid strategy, good news in 2015 and more Jonathan Pryke
7 Dec 2015 Aid & development links: 'lazy' aid recipients, Australian charity, malaria fund and more Jonathan Pryke
30 Nov 2015 Aid & development links: new C'wealth chief, metadata census, fundraising costs and more Jonathan Pryke
9 Nov 2015 Aid & development links: ranking aid influence, governance mojo, longer lives for all and more Jonathan Pryke
3 Sep 2015 The worst frost and drought in Papua New Guinea since 1997: What happens next? Mike Bourke
29 Sep 2014 Aid & development links: New aid announcements, Clinton Global Initiative, China's humanitarian assistance and more Stephanie Dunstan
10 Jul 2014 Pacific island links: Pacific in Afghanistan, PNG, depopulation, climate change and more Tess Newton Cain
26 May 2014 Aid & development links: Rice production, Kofi Annan, EU aid, MapAfrica and more Stephanie Dunstan