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Stephen Howes

Close Nature Insect Wasp Macro Animals

A small target budget with a sting in the tail

May 9, 2017
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by Stephen Howes

A hot aid budget tip from 2014?

May 9, 2017
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by Stephen Howes
APTC graduates, Port Moresby (Jacqueline Smart, AusAID/DFAT/Flickr CC BY 2.0)

Aid for migration: second time lucky with the Australia-Pacific Technical College?

May 8, 2017
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by Stephen Howes, Henry Sherrell

New look and new email options for Devpolicy Blog

May 7, 2017
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by Camilla Burkot, Stephen Howes, Ashlee Betteridge
Central Business District, Singapore (Kah-Wai Lin/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Does China need to become democratic to become rich?

May 3, 2017
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by Stephen Howes
PNG flag map (Wikimedia Commons/Darwinek CC BY-SA 3.0)

Revenue falls for a second year in a row in PNG

April 28, 2017
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by Stephen Howes
On-arrival briefing for Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers in Koo Wee Rup, Victoria. Photo: Seasonal Workers Australia Facebook..

The recent Fairfax story on ni-Vanuatu seasonal worker exploitation

March 30, 2017
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by Stephen Howes
PNG Budget database - Revenue and expenditure per capita

Budgetary data in PNG: taking the long view

March 27, 2017
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by Rohan Fox, Stephen Howes

Devpolicy Blog Reader Poll: the results

March 23, 2017
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by Camilla Burkot, Stephen Howes

Australian veterinarian Robyn Alders wins inaugural Mitchell Humanitarian Award

February 16, 2017
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by Ashlee Betteridge, Stephen Howes
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Stephen Howes

Stephen Howes is the Director of the Development Policy Centre and a Professor of Economics at the Crawford School. Stephen served in senior economic positions for a decade at the World Bank before becoming AusAID’s first Chief Economist. In 2011 he was a member of Australia’s Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness.

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