In September, I wrote that the G20 could and should play a leadership role in global health...
Category - Global development policy
A G20 for the people? Not yet
Civil society feared that the G20 Summit in Brisbane would not deal with inequality or carry on the...
A view to Antalya: can the G20’s development agenda be salvaged?
The impetus for the G20’s development agenda, dating right back to the London leaders’ summit in...
Adrift in a Brisbane fog: the G20’s development agenda
What has the G20 done for low-income countries lately? Qua collective, awkwardly little. From a...
Right second time: Australia thaws on the Green Climate Fund
Here’s a large understatement: it cannot have been easy for the government to reverse its decision...
A puzzling, piddling aid cut: Australian funding for UNEP
Now, shortly after announcing a zero contribution to the UN’s Green Climate Fund (citing...
Doing business in 2014 – the Pacific falls behind
The World Bank recently released their Ease of Doing Business rankings for 2014, a ranking of 189...
Handle with care: results from the 2014 Corruption Perceptions...
Transparency International (TI) has just launched its 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). As I...
No tipping please: Australia and the UN climate fund
Australia stands as the only wealthy country to have ruled out a contribution to the United Nations...
The dry season’s ‘triple burden’ on rural lives in Timor-Leste
Typically, the rainy season in Timor-Leste begins in November. As mid-November passes, the rains...