Galileo is famously quoted to have said, “Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what...
Category - Aid and development
Disentangling localisation: an imperative to uphold human dignity
This is an edited extract from the 2023 Mitchell Oration delivered by Dr Esperanza Martinez at the...
There are worse problems than techno-optimism
In Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, Daron Acemoglu...
How Southeast Asia pioneered female leadership, and lessons for...
This is an edited version of a keynote address delivered at the 2023 Australasian AID Conference on...
Australia in the Blue Pacific: a political and development shift...
This is an edited extract from the opening address delivered by Professor Biman Prasad, Fiji’s...
Opportunity lost and damaged: new climate fund replicates...
In what looked like an early win for COP28, an agreement was reached on day 1 on the set-up of a...
Workplace harassment of women in Port Moresby: results of a...
In a recent survey of 96 employed women conducted by academics from the University of Papua New...
Lessons in urban development from Jakarta’s mass rapid transit...
As Southeast Asian economies mature, their development needs are changing. Indonesia, having...
Devils, known and unknown, for New Zealand aid
In the wake of New Zealand’s recent election, and subsequent coalition negotiations, Winston...
Climate inequality and the case for increased Australian climate...
As meetings come to a close for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Transitional...