While many in Australia have faced significant cost due to the global pandemic, most of us have...
Category - Aid and development
Blog your development PhD research
This year we are going to trial something new on the Devpolicy Blog. For most final year PhD...
The news – good, bad and uncertain – on NGO donations
In one way, 2019 was a good year for Australia’s Development NGOs. The Development Policy Centre...
How accurate are the Doing Business indicators? A case study of...
The World Bank’s Doing Business indicators (DBIs) are a well-known tool for measuring the...
NZ aid under the new Labour government
On 17 October, New Zealand’s Labour party was re-elected in a landslide. The same election...
How the PLS can build a stronger Timor-Leste
In the 18 months I have been writing about labour migration from Timor-Leste to Australia a...
PNG on the border: too close to ignore, but what to do?
Too close to ignore: Australia’s borderland with Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, edited by Mark...
Abolishing recruitment agents in Vanuatu: really?
Last week the Deputy Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Minister Kalsakau, confirmed speculation that the...
How many more workers can Vanuatu get on the next plane?
We know that seasonal labour schemes work. We know that they’re better than backpacker or domestic...
Throwing it all away? Vanuatu’s abolition of licensed SWP and...
Vanuatu has been the most successful participant in Australia’s Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) and...