The dust has settled on another global humanitarian reform process, the Grand Bargain 2.0 (GB 2.0)...
Category - Aid effectiveness
Working with the relational state: the case of Bougainville
Why do the public servants of Bougainville manage some assignments so well but struggle with...
The volatile waters of Pacific aid
Years ago, I hitchhiked from Weipa, down the Cape York Peninsula to Kuranda, in the hills behind...
Why New Zealand’s aid budget was better, and worse, than...
COVID-19 has killed millions of people globally. It has overwhelmed health services. It has brought...
Government cuts aid in the middle of the pandemic
Yesterday, I set down on Twitter three tests by which I said I would judge Australia’s 2021-22 aid...
Do Australian NGOs work in too many countries?
In a recent blog I argued that the Australian government gives aid to too many countries. It was an...
Global aid increases in 2020
Let’s face it, for most of the world, 2020 wasn’t an easy year. Both aid recipients and...
Should Australia give aid to so many countries?
As my coauthors and I explained in our recent report on aid flows, the Australian government...
Is aid neo-colonial?
Long ago, in a country many miles from where I currently sit, I worked on an aid project. It has...
‘Memorandum of Understanding’ – our new podcast
Making New Year predictions is a mug’s game – look at how 2020 turned out – but one forecast we...