Boy in Raymah, Yemen (Julien Harneis/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)

Boy in Raymah, Yemen (Julien Harneis/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)

Fortnightly links: slavery, brain drain, Aung San Suu Kyi and more

By Terence Wood, Tara Davda, Sachini Muller and Camilla Burkot
6 October 2017

RDI has a very helpful catalogue of research permit requirements for Pacific and (some) Asian countries.

A new paper in World Development suggests Paris Declaration style aid quality has an impact on whether aid works or not. (An ungated version is here.)

Think of slavery and you picture a historical problem, yet modern day indenture remains persistently common. A new ILO report finds that in 2016, more than 40 million people were victims. The most common forms include debt bondage and forced labour, with the domestic work and construction industries among the worst offenders.

The US response to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico has been so slow, and the situation so dire, that international charities are sending aid to Puerto Rico, according to this article.

What happened to Myanmar’s human rights icon? Hannah Beech profiles Aung San Suu Kyi for the New Yorker.

The Guardian reports on the brain drain of Uganda’s medical staff.

About the author/s

Terence Wood
Terence Wood is a research fellow at the Development Policy Centre. His research focuses on political governance in Western Melanesia, and Australian and New Zealand aid.

Tara Davda
Tara Davda was a Research Officer at the Development Policy Centre from 2016 to 2018. She holds a Masters in International and Development Economics from Crawford School of Public Policy, and currently works at Abt Associates.

Sachini Muller
Sachini Muller was a Research Officer at the Development Policy Centre. She is currently completing a Master of Globalisation at ANU.

Camilla Burkot
Camilla Burkot was a Research Officer at the Development Policy Centre, and Editor of the Devpolicy Blog, from 2015 to 2017. She has a background in social anthropology and holds a Master of Public Health from Columbia University, and has field experience in Eastern and Southern Africa, and PNG. She now works for the Burnet Institute.

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