Aid policy change: entrepreneurs, ideas and rules In an essential read for those who engage with the politics around aid, Jo Spratt examines the role of actors, ideas and rules in two significant New Zealand aid policy changes. The three-part blog series is based on her PhD research. In the first...
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Newsletter: Pacific Update livestream | My Father, My Country | Taskforce Sweep’s Sam Koim | AAC 2018
Pacific Update livestream If you can’t make this year’s Pacific Update conference at the University of the South Pacific on 20 – 21 June 2017, fret not; a livestream will be available. A reminder that the event is free and open to the public and that it is not too late to register to attend...
Newsletter: Meritocracy in IFIs | Pacific Update program | PNG drought event
Meritocratic leadership ballots in IFIs – a rare case study Despite appeals to reform the selection process for leadership appointments, international financial institutions (IFIs) have been slow to change their ways. However, in 2012 and under a unique set of circumstances, the European Bank for...
Newsletter: Bumper budget wrap | Blog redesign | PNG events
Budget wrap With whispers of a diversion of aid funds to intelligence agencies on the eve of the 2017 federal budget, the sector was primed for further cuts. And although those cuts fell in the outer years of forward estimates, they weren’t wrong. Stephen Howes analyses the fallout here. Robin...
Newsletter: Aid budget breakfast | Trump and development – 100...
In 2015, the federal aid budget was slashed by almost $1 billion, followed by cuts of a further...
Newsletter: Aid budget | Rosie Batty in PNG | Opinions on...
Aid budget proposals and analysis After several rounds of large cuts, the 2017-18 federal budget...
Newsletter: New aid evaluations | Post-boom PNG | Democracy in...
Australian aid evaluation forum: DFAT policy, Indonesia roads and PNG health On Monday April 10 at...
Newsletter: 2017 Pacific Update | European Union aid policy |...
Pacific Update Call For Papers The 2017 Pacific Update, will be held on 20 – 21 June at The...
Newsletter: White Paper submission – aid themes and volumes |...
White Paper submission: aid themes and volume Devpolicy’s Foreign Policy White Paper submission...
Newsletter: Mitchell Humanitarian Award | AAC wrap | PNG currency
Veterinarian Robyn Alders wins inaugural Mitchell Humanitarian Award In front of a full house at...