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From Stephen on Have living standards improved in PNG over the last two decades?
Also, the book which contains this research is about to be published. Look out for it "Papua New Guinea: government, economy and society" edited by Howes and Pillai, published by ANU Press.
From Angela Lenn on From participation to power: women’s economic empowerment in the Pacific
Isabelle, thanking you for posting. 'From Power to Participation' is an excellent piece of work by the Pacific Women team and an invaluable resource for gender programming in the Pacific, based on findings of almost 10 years of program. Great that the lessons learned can shared (and hopefully adopted) more widely.
From Arichika Okazaki on Have living standards improved in PNG over the last two decades?
Dear Raka, Many thanks for your interest. This seminar is not going to be recorded unfortunately, however, the presentation slides will be available on our <a href="https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/19849/have-living-standards-improved-png-over-last-two-decades" rel="nofollow ugc">website</a> after the event.
Regards,
Arichika
From Raka Sidik on Have living standards improved in PNG over the last two decades?
Hello, I would really like to attend but cannot due to work requirements. Would a video on this be posted online? (If so, where).
Thank you.
From Robert Cannon on The power of good satire
Loved it, thank you!
It is a challenge to write up serious research about development and not stray into the realms of satire and to reveal the ridiculous nature of what donors and developers alike do in their work.
From Robin Perry on The power of good satire
Orwell's Burmese Days could be read as a brilliant forerunner to this genre.
From Gordon Peake on The power of good satire
Thanks, Julian! I must shamefacedly admit I have never heard of this book. The review on Amazon is very enticing but the price much less so! I'm going to try to hunt it down. Do drop me a line if you know where I can get a hold of it or find out more about Nick Storr himself.
Also, this is the second occasion I know where a footballer's name is taken as a pseudonym, the first being Luther Blisset with the exceptional novel 'Q'
From Bill Morton on The power of good satire
Great that you mentioned Tales of the Tikongs. I lived in Tonga for 18 months and went on to a career in international development; the stories are brilliant satire and very 'on point' about the contradictions and many shortcomings of the aid and development industry - and should be required reading for all development studies courses!
From Adimaibole Waqainabete on Aid to the Pacific is the least value for money
Not sure if you are aware, but DFAT has invested in private sector development across the Pacific in its "Pacific Step Up". The Market Development Facility (MDF) the program i work with, co-invests with private sector and key market actors in the countries we work with in the Pacific on innovation that unlocks economic growth in key sectors (https://marketdevelopmentfacility.org/). I work to facilitate DFAT funds to support the development and establishment of private sector led Business Development Services that create an eco-system that nurtures MSMEs to grow. We also publish the results we have gathered (using the DCED approach) that are showing indications of success of this approach, including amongst vulnerable communities and women-led businesses (Eg. Read our report published in 2020: https://marketdevelopmentfacility.org/partners/women-at-work/). There are criticisms of the approach to Aid in the Pacific. But investing with private sector is something that has been explored over the last decade.
From Julian Hamilton-Peach on The power of good satire
Gordon - thank you! But you missed out my favourite book by the late, great Will L.B. Bogarde (aka Nick Storr) who gave so much to development that it did him in. https://www.amazon.com/Times-Price-Haircut-Will-Bogarde/dp/0754109607
From Clare Whelan on Life of an international aid worker in a COVID-19 world