If you are an aid numbers nerd these are happy times. Thanks to a developing norm amongst OECD aid...
Category - Aid effectiveness
France’s big “but”: the DAC reminds France what aid is for
The OECD Development Assistance Committee has recently completed its latest four-yearly peer review...
Will US cut Cambodia aid if Hun Sen rules again?
Lawmakers and human rights activists are pushing for the US government to cut $70 million in annual...
RAMSI: all good things must come to an end
As the saying goes, “all good things must come to an end”. RAMSI’s good intentions and blessings to...
What works and what doesn’t in international development?
This is a question that has been asked (and ‘answered’) for decades. Since 2011 ODI, with the...
Australia and the UK: a study in aid contrasts
The UK government’s remarkable decision to increase aid [pdf] in a single year by £2.5 billion has...
The DFID-isation of AusAID
Our Australian actors and directors look to Hollywood for the latest and greatest innovations and...
The World Bank’s public investment management framework
A recent World Bank (IBRD) mission to Rio de Janeiro signalled a new development in the Bank’s...
Rudd appoints Minister for International Development
Kevin Rudd has appointed Western Australia MP Melissa Parke as the Minister for International...
US food aid reform rejected by House of Reps
The US food aid reforms, which I wrote on in this earlier piece for the blog, were rejected by the...