Abstract:
In December 2014, the Senate referred the matter of the delivery and effectiveness of Australian aid to PNG to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report. This submission, authored by Devpolicy Director Professor Stephen Howes, provides advice on areas where improvements could be made to Australia’s bilateral aid program to Papua New Guinea. The submission is written in four parts. The first (Part A) provides general background on: (i) PNG, (ii) global aid to PNG; and (iii) Australian aid to PNG. The second (Part B) provides views on various cross-cutting issues concerning Australian aid to PNG. The third (Part C) deals with sectoral issues, and the fourth (Part D) with capacity building. The Committee’s final report was released on 4 May 2016 and is available here.
Suggested citation:
Howes, S. 2015, Improving the effectiveness of Australia’s bilateral aid program in Papua New Guinea: some analysis and suggestion: A submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.