Does foreign aid work? Are free markets the best path to better lives? Is globalisation good or bad? Two decades ago, these were big debates in development. The intervening 20 years have been awful for their various protagonists. Let’s start with aid. Aid has always had critics. But with rising aid...
In September 2019, after 36 years, Solomon Islands severed its diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (hereafter Taiwan) and established formal relations with the People’s Republic of China (hereafter China). A Solomon Islands parliamentary bipartisan task force had reviewed relations with...
Cloistered by inequality Protected by accident of birth Bestowed the gift of privilege Blinded by arrogance Believing we know better We tally up our expertise across the globe Dash from place to place And rarely turn to witness the wake. The justifications come too easily Believing our own...
A report released last month by the Department of the Environment and Energy shows that Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 are estimated to be just 1.6% below their 2000 level. This means that, come June (when the 2020 fiscal year ends), we will have missed Australia’s decade-long...
In a year of historic visits, historic spats, ongoing China drama in the media, and big political...
The process of building state effectiveness and legitimacy is lengthy and becomes far more complex...
The relationship between temporary labour migration and economic development is a subject of...
I have been working to address violence against women and girls across the world for over 15 years...
The rise of resistant bacteria poses a global threat that could lead to the simplest of injuries...
Adaptive programming is de rigueur. Everyone’s into it. It’s been this way for some time. Yet not...
