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Penny Wong and the Australian team in Vanuatu in December 2022 (Penny Wong - Senator for SA-Facebook) Will bipartisanship help build a generational partnership with the Pacific? FEATURED VWC leading a '16 Days of Activism' march in 2022 (Dipatmen blong ol Woman-Facebook) Thirty years of the Vanuatu Women’s Centre: her story FEATURED The legacy of technical assistance in Afghanistan FEATURED Vale Sir Leonard Wilson Kamit, CBE FEATURED Changes in Papua New Guinea's fresh food marketplaces FEATURED

Aid and development

Feminism up in lights: the chance of a decade

by Joanna Pradela
February 2, 2023
by Joanna Pradela
February 2, 2023

January 2023 aid news

by Development Policy Centre
January 31, 2023
by Development Policy Centre
January 31, 2023
Damage from flooding in Saga area, Niamey, Niger in 2012 (Valérie Batselaere-Oxfam International-Flickr)

What happened to Australian NGO donations in the second year of COVID-19?

by Terence Wood
January 30, 2023
by Terence Wood
January 30, 2023

The legacy of technical assistance in Afghanistan

by Mary Venner
January 24, 2023
by Mary Venner
January 24, 2023
Martin Ravallion in 2008 (UNU-WIDER-Flickr)

Remembering Martin Ravallion: part one

by Gaurav Datt
January 20, 2023
by Gaurav Datt
January 20, 2023
Martin Ravallion in 2016 (Johan Jeppsson-UNU-WIDER-Flickr)

Remembering Martin Ravallion: part two

by Gaurav Datt
January 20, 2023
by Gaurav Datt
January 20, 2023

Colin Barlow: ambassador for humanity

by Mesach Daniel Beeh
January 18, 2023
by Mesach Daniel Beeh
January 18, 2023
Colin Barlow and Ria Gondowarsito

Vale Colin Barlow

by Hal Hill
January 18, 2023
by Hal Hill
January 18, 2023

Local leadership in donor-funded programs

by Anna Winoto
January 12, 2023
by Anna Winoto
January 12, 2023
Marshall Islands

Climate risk and water security – how can development partnerships support local responses?

by Sarah Ransom, Shreya Gyawali and Katharine Cross
January 11, 2023
by Sarah Ransom, Shreya Gyawali and Katharine Cross
January 11, 2023
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PNG and the Pacific

Farmer in a field of potato plants in Papua New Guinea

Bikpela wok na liklik mani: smallholders’ decisions on cash crops in PNG

by Michael Bourke
February 1, 2023
by Michael Bourke
February 1, 2023
Penny Wong and the Australian team in Vanuatu in December 2022 (Penny Wong - Senator for SA-Facebook)

Will bipartisanship help build a generational partnership with the Pacific?

by Tom Barber
January 27, 2023
by Tom Barber
January 27, 2023
VWC leading a '16 Days of Activism' march in 2022 (Dipatmen blong ol Woman-Facebook)

Thirty years of the Vanuatu Women’s Centre: her story

by Tatavola Matas, Merilyn Tahi and Juliet Hunt
January 25, 2023
by Tatavola Matas, Merilyn Tahi and Juliet Hunt
January 25, 2023

Vale Sir Leonard Wilson Kamit, CBE

by Robert Igara
January 20, 2023
by Robert Igara
January 20, 2023

Changes in Papua New Guinea’s fresh food marketplaces

by Timothy Sharp, Mark Busse and Michael Bourke
January 19, 2023
by Timothy Sharp, Mark Busse and Michael Bourke
January 19, 2023
Kolombi station, once a bustling government outpost (Newman Peye)

PNG’s rural decay: a personal perspective (Part 3)

by Andrew Anton Mako
January 17, 2023
by Andrew Anton Mako
January 17, 2023

Pacific predictions: a look ahead to 2023

by Tess Newton Cain
January 16, 2023
by Tess Newton Cain
January 16, 2023
Farmer Sione Vaianginam with his children in Nuku'alofa, Tonga (Asian Development Bank-Flickr)

Migration seems to be shifting gender norms in Tonga

by Ryan Edwards
January 13, 2023
by Ryan Edwards
January 13, 2023

Economic challenges await Papua New Guinea in 2023

by Andrew Anton Mako
January 10, 2023
by Andrew Anton Mako
January 10, 2023
Fremden Yanhambath speaking at a regional leadership meeting (Anna Gibert-Vanuatu Skills Partnership-Facebook)

A localisation journey – the Vanuatu Skills Partnership

by Fremden Yanhambath and Anna Gibert
January 9, 2023
by Fremden Yanhambath and Anna Gibert
January 9, 2023
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