Abstract:

This is a submission to MFAT’s review of New Zealand’s policy on aid and sustainable development. The submission focuses, first and foremost, on aid policy. Clearly, if New Zealand is to meet its obligations under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it will have to act in a range of other areas from domestic poverty to greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, New Zealand can promote development in through means other than aid; for example, by adopting a permissive migration regime. The submission starts by making general points about effective aid giving. The submission then focuses on the Pacific, detailing development challenges in the region and the ramifications of these challenges for New Zealand aid.