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Man holding a one dollar note Show me the (development) money! FEATURED Consultations on the constitutional amendments on Tuvalu’s outer island of Nanumea Tuvalu Constitution updated: culture, climate change and decolonisation FEATURED Aid for people fleeing violence in Myanmar (DFID-Flickr) Aid localisation amidst revolution in Myanmar FEATURED A question for the Tongan courts FEATURED Has the United States abandoned APEC’s vision? FEATURED

Aid and development

Man holding a one dollar note

Show me the (development) money!

by Benjamin Day
22 September 2023
by Benjamin Day
22 September 2023
Aid for people fleeing violence in Myanmar (DFID-Flickr)

Aid localisation amidst revolution in Myanmar

by Tamas Wells, Anne Décobert and Anonymous Myanmar author
20 September 2023
by Tamas Wells, Anne Décobert and Anonymous Myanmar author
20 September 2023

Has the United States abandoned APEC’s vision?

by Gary Clyde Hufbauer
18 September 2023
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer
18 September 2023
Martin Hau’ato stands where there used to be dry land and houses of Muki Community in the Solomon Islands (Ivan Utahenua-Oxfam)

Finance loss and damage with a wealth tax

by Josie Lee
15 September 2023
by Josie Lee
15 September 2023
Minister Pat Conroy at the Development Policy Forum

Changing how we deliver our development assistance

by Pat Conroy
13 September 2023
by Pat Conroy
13 September 2023
Midwife Yussi with her community members in Solor village, Bondowoso, East Java, as part of a KOMPAK initiative to improve maternal child health data (KOMPAK)

What does locally led development mean in practice?

by Anna Winoto and Annemarie Reerink
11 September 2023
by Anna Winoto and Annemarie Reerink
11 September 2023
A group of six people stand outside a house.

Beyond a seat at the table: towards disability equity in Asia-Pacific

by Setareki Macanawai and Jane Edge
7 September 2023
by Setareki Macanawai and Jane Edge
7 September 2023
Afghan National Police officer stands watch over food before distributing it to families

Afghans stave off starvation in the face of economic sanctions

by Abdulkader Sinno
6 September 2023
by Abdulkader Sinno
6 September 2023
2023 Australian Aid Türkiye Earthquake Response

Is Australian public support for aid on the wane?

by Terence Wood
4 September 2023
by Terence Wood
4 September 2023
Aid news August 2023

August 2023 aid news

by Development Policy Centre
31 August 2023
by Development Policy Centre
31 August 2023
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PNG and the Pacific

Consultations on the constitutional amendments on Tuvalu’s outer island of Nanumea

Tuvalu Constitution updated: culture, climate change and decolonisation

by Simon Kofe and Jess Marinaccio
21 September 2023
by Simon Kofe and Jess Marinaccio
21 September 2023

A question for the Tongan courts

by Ema Finau Ivarature
19 September 2023
by Ema Finau Ivarature
19 September 2023
Kalsakau and Senator Penny Wong sign the bilateral agreement in Port Vila in December 2022 (Penny Wong - Senator for SA-Facebook)

How Kalsakau’s government fell

by Kiery Manassah
14 September 2023
by Kiery Manassah
14 September 2023
Youth collecting sea cucumbers in Solomon Islands (Hampus Eriksson-WorldFish-Flickr)

The Honiara Seminar: a proposal

by Transform Aqorau
12 September 2023
by Transform Aqorau
12 September 2023
Papua New Guinea Kina

BPNG changes tack, but will it follow through?

by Stephen Howes
8 September 2023
by Stephen Howes
8 September 2023
Port Vila vegetable market, Vanuatu (Rob Maccoll/DFAT)

Crime and safety in the Pacific Islands: the use of victimisation surveys

by Judy Putt and Sinclair Dinnen
5 September 2023
by Judy Putt and Sinclair Dinnen
5 September 2023
Komo Valley, Papua New Guinea

Prospects for peace in Hela

by Michael Main
1 September 2023
by Michael Main
1 September 2023
Forum Economics Ministers' Meeting August 2023

The Pacific Engagement Visa in July and August: 2-1

by Stephen Howes
29 August 2023
by Stephen Howes
29 August 2023
Meraia Taufa Vakatale (centre) at an anti-nuclear protest march in 1995 (photo supplied by Vakatale family)

Meraia Taufa Vakatale: anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer

by Asenaca Uluiviti and Sadhana Sen
22 August 2023
by Asenaca Uluiviti and Sadhana Sen
22 August 2023
Jeffrey Yabom speaking at the 2023 PNG Update (Development Policy Centre)

BPNG: drastic policy measures needed

by Jeffrey Yabom
21 August 2023
by Jeffrey Yabom
21 August 2023
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