Development Policy Centre Discussion Paper No. 6
July 2011
The bulk of official development assistance (ODA) from Australia is provided to Asia and Oceania. Indonesia and Papua New Guinea together account for nearly a quarter of the total. Physical proximity to Canberra and large receipts of bilateral aid from the United States is a significant determinant of who receives this aid. The level of poverty is (statistically) a significant determinant of aid allocated by Canberra only after recipients have been chosen.
Chand, S. 2011, ‘Who receives Australian aid, and why?’, Discussion Paper No. 6, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.
