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Convoy of US military vehicles carrying fresh water to Rwandan refugees at camp Kimbumba, Zaire in August 1994

3 February 2022

The most influential humanitarian you’ve never heard of

by Gordon Peake

The first civilian contingent of the Australian Medical Task Force prepare to board a helicopter bound for Kot Addu.

17 December 2021

Where are you this time?

by Gordon Peake

A young woman in a yellow dress and pale peach head scarf is whispering into the ear of a young woman with blonde hair wearing a khaki green shirt.

30 November 2021

An insider’s guide to changing the world

by Gordon Peake

Photograph of audience at OECD Global Forum on Development, Paris, 2018

19 November 2021

Why do donors differ?

by Terence Wood

A woman in a white t-shirt, colourful skirt and blue broad-brimmed hat sits on wooden steps taking notes with pen and paper. In front of her sit two elderly people on a woven mat. Beside the is a house built on short stilts. In the background is a house with a palm frond roof.

17 August 2021

An important book at a difficult time

by Michael Rose

Students learning in a Tongan government school

4 June 2021

Oceania, education and promoting change from within

by Hilary Tolley

Foundations of classroom change in developing countries: a review

23 April 2021

Foundations of classroom change in developing countries: a review

by Robert Cannon

Arthur Lewis at Pasar Skouw: re-reading ‘The Theory of Economic Growth’

14 April 2021

Arthur Lewis at Pasar Skouw: re-reading ‘The Theory of Economic Growth’

by John Conroy

Is education really a waste of time and money?

26 March 2021

Is education really a waste of time and money?

by Matthew Woolf

Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland

17 March 2021

Doing better without aid: the case of Somaliland

by Gordon Peake

The courage to write

18 February 2021

The courage to write

by Gordon Peake and Julia Bergin

The informal economy in development

25 January 2021

New book: the informal economy in development

by John Conroy

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