The international community has played a significant role in Afghanistan since 2001, which can be delineated into three distinct phases. The period from 2001 to 2018 is characterised as an era of intervention, reconstruction, and state-building. The period from 2017 to 2021 saw efforts to minimise...
Results of the 14 February elections in Indonesia suggest that voters chose to be led by the current Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto and his Vice President, the sitting President’s son. Two presidential contenders, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, have challenged the results, with their...
The United Nations’ member states are currently discussing the next iteration of the UN funding compact, the high-level agreement aimed at raising the level of core funding for the UN’s development work to enhance the implementation of Agenda 2030. Following these discussions, a proposal for the...
These are edited remarks from a panel discussion on aid effectiveness at the 2023 Australasian AID Conference, providing a historical perspective on performance management and evaluation in the Australian aid program. There is so much that could be said, so many different perspectives that could be...
Key development, diplomacy and defence policies have called for Australia to take a “whole-of...
The death of “adman” and philanthropist Harold Mitchell AC on February 10 has been widely mourned...
This is an edited version of Paul Collier’s remarks at the launch of the edited volume, State...
There is no one good way to give foreign aid. Simply giving individuals money is all the rage at...
In the wake of the recent declaration of a state of emergency in Papua New Guinea, a sense of anger...
A key element of the Australian government’s new international development policy, released in...
