At independence, the PNG Public Services Commission (PSC) was a mighty body, with control over the...
Category - Aid effectiveness
How foreign intervention paradoxes have harmed Afghanistan
The international community has played a significant role in Afghanistan since 2001, which can be...
Indonesia’s elections and what they mean for Australia’s...
Results of the 14 February elections in Indonesia suggest that voters chose to be led by the...
Pooled funding supports best practices in UN development work
The United Nations’ member states are currently discussing the next iteration of the UN funding...
Australian aid effectiveness: progress over two decades
These are edited remarks from a panel discussion on aid effectiveness at the 2023 Australasian AID...
Including civil society in a whole-of-nation approach to...
Key development, diplomacy and defence policies have called for Australia to take a “whole-of...
Harold Mitchell: thank you and vale
The death of “adman” and philanthropist Harold Mitchell AC on February 10 has been widely mourned...
Collier on case studies in state fragility
This is an edited version of Paul Collier’s remarks at the launch of the edited volume, State...
The case for budget support
There is no one good way to give foreign aid. Simply giving individuals money is all the rage at...
From chaos to reform in PNG: lessons from Morauta’s leadership
In the wake of the recent declaration of a state of emergency in Papua New Guinea, a sense of anger...