As I have argued in two previous posts, given the current ubiquity of the “statecraft” framing in Australia’s elite policy discourse surrounding the link between its wider foreign policy goals and development assistance, it is surprising that virtually none of the academic and policy commentary...
Category - Aid effectiveness
Financing social protection in the Pacific and Timor-Leste
Governments in the Pacific and Timor-Leste have been investing in formal social protection for more than 50 years, but the last two decades have seen massive shifts. Across the region, expenditure on social assistance programs has almost doubled, and benefits have expanded gradually to reach many...
Do-no-harm compliance is needed in Myanmar
Local aid workers and organisations must not only be accountable to the communities they serve but also meet the compliance requirements of international funding agencies. Compliance frameworks are of course important to ensure the accountability and effectiveness of internationally funded programs...
Global development finance – outlook and prospects: Part 2
The first part of this blog looked at some of the challenges for global development finance ahead of the next global development summit in mid-2025. This second part examines some of the current proposals to meet these challenges. None should be viewed as a panacea, nor in isolation. Some are more...
July 2024 aid news
ACFID will co-host a series of events to mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, including a...
Global development finance – outlook and prospects: Part 1
The world is now less than one year out from the next big International Conference on Financing for...
The call for evidence-based development
This is an edited extract of an address to the Asian Development Bank Institute research conference...
Still urgent: resetting Australian aid transparency
This week’s release of the 2024 Aid Transparency Index — compiled biennially by Publish What You...
The rights roll-back is gaining momentum
This year marks the biggest election year in global history, with over 60 countries going to the...
Opposition is rising but most Australians still don’t want aid...
The results of the Development Policy Centre’s 2024 public opinion survey about aid are in...