Search Results for "transparency"

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May 2026 aid news

by Development Policy Centre
29 May 2026
...supporting the rights of women and children (November 2023). DFAT is conducting a survey seeking feedback on AusDevPortal, its aid transparency website. The survey will be open until 12 June....
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Media freedom and the Pacific Islands

by Kalafi Moala
9 May 2026
...anywhere — not always the government or those in power, but anyone averse to truth and transparency. Whether it is in Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, French...
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It’s time to mandate environment spending in Indonesia

by Rifky Pratama Wicaksono and Muhammad Rafi Bakri
23 April 2026
...cycles or politically motivated spending. This fiscal transparency could convert Indonesia from a climate finance risk into a credible investment destination, helping to close the US$145 billion gap in climate...
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PNG elections: the time to worry was then

by Terence Wood
21 April 2026
...Transparency International do their best to serve as watchdogs. This all helps. But there will be major issues nevertheless. The worst of these will be violence. Not only is it...
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Reform by design: PNG aligns law with customary reality

by Allan Donigi
1 April 2026
...proposing detailed frameworks for ILG authenticity, genealogical and boundary verification, financial accountability, management committees, transparency safeguards and a staged system in which ILG incorporation precedes voluntary land registration. The report...
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March 2026 aid news

by Development Policy Centre
31 March 2026
...to economic growth”. South Korea’s new five-year aid strategy aims to rationalise the number of individual projects and improve aid quality and transparency. The centre-left government in Seoul is pursuing...
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The Pacific Banking Guarantee Act: the need for transparency

by Stephen Howes
27 March 2026
...further “foreign service obligation” deals with Australian companies, whether in the banking, telecommunications or other sectors. It is important that a precedent of transparency be established before further deals are...
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The chasm between anti-corruption pledges and practicalities

by Shailendra B. Singh
27 February 2026
...significant anti-corruption milestones this month: a sixth anniversary event for the Teieniwa Vision in Suva and the release of Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The CPI assesses 182...
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Friendly pressure: the 2025 DAC peer review of Australia’s aid

by Cameron Hill
22 January 2026
...review is also complimentary about Labor’s efforts to improve aid transparency and strengthen development leadership and capability within DFAT. It warns, however, that DFAT’s reliance on a “small pool” of...
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