This week’s release of the 2024 Aid Transparency Index — compiled biennially by Publish What You Fund from the data contained in its International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) — puts the transparency of donors’ development cooperation programs in a comparative context. The results are not...
Category - Aid effectiveness
The rights roll-back is gaining momentum
This year marks the biggest election year in global history, with over 60 countries going to the polls, including 17 within the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, we are witnessing a global democratic decline with more than 40% of the world’s population now living under authoritarian rule. As...
Opposition is rising but most Australians still don’t want aid cut
The results of the Development Policy Centre’s 2024 public opinion survey about aid are in. Our surveys are designed to track attitudes to aid spending over time. To do this as reliably as possible we use the same (reputable) survey firm whenever we can, and we ask the same question each...
Navigating informal institutions: supporting wetland management in Laos
Laos’s abundant wetlands have long provided a range of benefits to local communities, including water for irrigation and wildlife habitats that yield fish for consumption. These benefits are increasingly at risk. In addition to the threat posed by climate change, the country’s natural wetland...
Unpacking the evidence on social protection in the Pacific and...
Every country in the Pacific, as well as Timor-Leste, has some level of formal social protection...
Is Labor rebuilding the aid program?
I was struck on budget night last month by the contrast between, on the one hand, the Foreign...
May 2024 aid news
Our monthly update of news and analysis on aid and international development, with a focus on...
Pacific Engagement Visa application factsheet 2024
If you want to apply for the PEV, here is a summary of key information, as of 30 May. Ballot Open...
The road to improvement: governance and social outcomes
For the past couple of years we have been examining the evidence for improvement in the quality of...
Restricted visa pathways for Afghan women
Two decades of conflict and nation-building in Afghanistan have brought both suffering and hope for...