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Former President Barack Obama announced Jim Yong Kim (second from left) as his nominee to head the World Bank in 2012 (Credit Sonya N. Hebert White House)

18 January 2019

Jim Kim quits the World Bank, an unexpected gift to Donald Trump

by Peter McCawley

There is mounting evidence that micro-credit plays a valuable role in improving the lives of people in need (Credit: PWRDF/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

18 January 2019

Fortnightly links: micro-credit, revenge post-ISIS, an aging population, and more

by Terence Wood and Sachini Muller

ABC News/Jed Cooper

17 January 2019

ScoMo’s historic Pacific visit

by Stephen Howes

Cox's Bazaar refugee settlement, Bangladesh (Credit: World Vision)

16 January 2019

An Australian checklist for conflict-related crises

by Rebecca Barber and Caelin Briggs

14 January 2019

Kylie Mines and Motivation Australia: change in motion

by Ashlee Betteridge

swiss.frog/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0

14 January 2019

Fixing Afghanistan’s flawed peace process

by Nematullah Bizhan

Credit: ProBono Australia

10 January 2019

What’s more effective in raising support for aid, kindness or the national interest?

by Terence Wood and Chris Hoy

Provinces of Vanuatu (Credit: Wikipedia)

8 January 2019

Vanuatu’s seasonal workers: where are they from?

by Rochelle Bailey and Julie Rereman

21 December 2018

Best of the blog 2018

by Ashlee Betteridge, Stephen Howes and Sachini Muller

Metadata (Credit: ontotext)

21 December 2018

Fortnightly links: DFID’s disability inclusion strategy, the risks of metadata, women shortage, and more

by Sachini Muller and Terence Wood

18 December 2018

Millions neglected and in need, but where is Australia’s support for the DRC?

by Caelin Briggs

Credit: Nick Lowndes

7 December 2018

Fortnightly links: Development Bulletin No. 80, language barriers in crises, Islamophobia and support for ISIS, and more

by Sachini Muller and Terence Wood

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