After a very lengthy delay, the Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE) for the Australian aid...
Category - Aid effectiveness
‘World’s best’ development NGO knocked off its perch
Like many Australians I like to give a portion of my income to charity. It would come as no...
AusAID integration: the common-sense upside
The decision by the Australian Government to integrate AusAID into the Department of Foreign...
A social safety-net in each country: a necessary condition for...
The idea of expecting countries to establish social protection schemes so as to comprehensively...
DFAT to consult on aid benchmarks, ACFID makes its pitch
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has this week released a Consultation Paper [PDF] on...
Soap operas and Sesame Street: examples for the Australia...
Aid and ‘promoting Australia’s interests’ are now intended to go hand in hand, with the integration...
Australia cuts contribution to World Bank’s poor-country fund by...
On 17 December the World Bank announced that it had concluded negotiations for a $US 52 billion...
A conservative approach to aid
At 6.40am on January 1st I made a new year’s resolution. This year, I decided as I...
A new year resolution for the poor: the 10% commitment
In our post-GFC world, we see few OECD nations meeting the aid (or ODA) target of 0.7% of GNI. This...
Does aid have a future? A must-read new e-book
On the other side of the world, leading development thinkers are providing thought provoking...