As 2023 dawns, we have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to put feminism at the heart of Australia’s international development cooperation – and we should. Right now, the redevelopment of Australia’s international development assistance policy is underway. This process was kicked off by Minister for...
Category - Aid and development
January 2023 aid news
Our monthly update of news and analysis on aid and international development, with a focus on Australian aid. Australian aid The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has published the submissions on the government’s new international development policy. It has also announced the membership of...
What happened to Australian NGO donations in the second year of COVID-19?
New data compiled by the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and the Development Policy Centre show that Australians’ donations to development NGOs increased in 2021. (2021 is the most recent year we have data for owing to the time required for organisations to compile...
Will bipartisanship help build a generational partnership with the Pacific?
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy recently travelled to Vanuatu, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia. Joining them were Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Birmingham and Shadow Minister for...
The legacy of technical assistance in Afghanistan
A few months after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, I wondered what would become of 20 years of...
Remembering Martin Ravallion: part one
I have often wondered why we don’t express appreciation of people in our lives enough when they are...
Remembering Martin Ravallion: part two
This is the second in a two-part tribute. Trying to document Martin’s research contributions is a...
Colin Barlow: ambassador for humanity
Colin Barlow founded the Nusa Tenggara Association in 1998 to reduce poverty among rural...
Vale Colin Barlow
Colin Barlow was a quietly spoken person of great achievement. He was a renowned agricultural...
Migration seems to be shifting gender norms in Tonga
As in many countries, in Tonga gender equity can be a complicated and even contradictory issue. The...