For a while there, it looked like the Australian aid program wasn’t financing onshore asylum-seeker...
Category - Aid effectiveness
A good news story: AusAID pushing forward on data transparency
In a month that has been dominated by discussion over the quantity of Australian foreign aid...
A new aid order in the Asian Century
The future of ‘traditional’ aid is increasingly and rather suddenly in question. Why...
May blog digest: Problems with Australia’s volunteer program
Our monthly reflection on issues raised in the Devpolicy blog, this month authored by Stephen Howes...
Was it really a big week for mining and development?
I attended four conferences about the mining and petroleum industry in developing countries from...
Careers in development: an interview with Frédéric Jeanjean on...
Frederic: My name is Frédéric Jeanjean and I’m currently in the second year of the AusAID Graduate...
An ex-volunteer’s perspective on improving the Australian...
The Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program offers an incredible...
The ODA/GNI ratio – does it reflect a government’s...
Given it’s budget time, those that work on international development issues are once again focused...
Third time disappointed AND the third largest aid increase ever
In my blog post which came out on Monday morning, I argued that either the Government would have to...
Australia’s 2013-14 aid budget: the macroeconomic context
While there are many questions that surround the 2013-14 aid budget, I will focus on the...