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You have committed multiple fallacies in this very short article. The first is the fact that a daughter would take half of what her brother takes in inheritence is a violation to Human Rights! - This is a clear cut fallacy. For instance the sister who would marry later, isn't responsible of any monitory contribution through out her marriage life, while the brother is responsible in his family including his mother and even his sister if she didn't have supporters or couldn't support itself.

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Flexibility is a leading contributor to the decline. The overstrict compliance requirements are hopeless. This is to say, if you were to promote the ST palm worker to the next level, well this will result in a change to the approved recruitment, you will have to report it and get it approved.

Thanks Brett. Those are all good comments. To respond to your questions: 1. It isn't true that most aid money going to recipient countries is spent on internationals. Expat advisers are certainly used though. But they are used alongside a lot of other aid modalities (including giving money to local NGOs and even directly to other countries' governments). The share of aid going through international people and entities varies between donors and between recipients. Whether using internationals are optimal (or even just good) depends a lot on the task at hand. In the case of US aid, this blog post, doesn't quite answer your question but it does give a good sense of how money is spent: https://www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-percent-aid-not-skimmed-reaching-target-communities 2. This is correct I think. I think the biggest damage from the aid cuts will stem from cuts in health programmes like PEPFAR and in cuts to aid helping respond to humanitarian emergencies. The cuts to longer term development aid will also have negative impacts (on average). However, it will be the emergency responses where the impacts will be most clearly felt in the short-term. 3. I'm unsure about the moral hazard question. My guess is that the future of US aid will be shaped more by the domestic politics and political economy of the country going forward rather than by the extent to which other donors rush in to fill the gap. (In part because the US is so big, no one will be able to fill the gap. Not even China.) Thanks Brett.

Thank you Walter and Leanne.

Hi Terence, thanks for the analysis. I dont have much experience in the Aid field, but a few things come to mind. 1. Isnt it true that most aid money going to a country is spent on internationals? Advisers, contractors etc. They do deliver benefit to the country (we hope), so stopping that activity is not without cost, but I suspect the return on every $1 spent on an international consultant is relatively small. Maybe there are previous studies that have looked at this? Perhaps this is a natural experiment that will tell us the impact of aid, by comparing before and after this exogenous shock. 2. Related, there are presumably different types of aid that have differential impacts. eg emergency relief may have a much higher proportion of the money delivering direct benefit to the recipient country? 3. I am worried about the moral hazard of other countries stepping up to take the place of USAID. Maybe such considerations are not important in the face of humanitarian crises, but worth thinking about. Lots to ponder.

Concise, articulate and reasonable presentation. Thanks.

Thank you for this.

Thank you for this. Very informative analysis of Sir J's life in politics.

Really interesting research. I was intrigued but not surprised by the misunderstandings of survey respondents, given politicians and media commentators either struggle to get it right and/or deliberately perpetuate myths.

It would appear that academics are unable to see the way they are manipulated by economics that are growth dependent. PM John Howard made huge cuts to universities and tertiary education on the assumption we could get skilled people from increased immigration. He did this in order to be able to fund his or our involvement in the Bush's war in Iraq. Now more than 25% of our doctors are OS trained often robbing developing nations of the skills - including engineering, IT and others they need for survival.

Naomi, thank you for keeping these ongoing Myanmar crises visible and emphasising Australia's role as a neighbour and international citizen to bring about solutions.