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24 March 2026

Reaching the missed millions with simpler, smarter detection

by Helen Cox and Brendan Crabb

Global Innovation Challenge, 2016 (USAID-Flickr)

13 February 2023

The rise and fall of innovation labs in the aid sector

by Tamas Wells

People sit around a table with a white board and coloured post-it notes at an IRF "boot camp" session.

12 November 2021

The end of an aid era? Innovation Resource Facility closes

by Mel Dunn

25 August 2021

iXc: The first four years

by Karen Downing

Credit: FHI360

10 April 2019

Taking public health innovations to scale: pathways, drivers and facilitators

by Amy Weissman

26 August 2018

Submission to the Inquiry into the strategic effectiveness and outcomes of Australia’s aid program in the Indo-Pacific and its role in supporting Australia’s regional interests

by Karen Downing

2 August 2018

iXc: the first four years

by Stephen Howes

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (Prachatai/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

30 January 2018

Foreign aid in the ‘age of uncertainty’

by Terry Russell

Student in USP computer lab, Solomon Islands (ADB/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

27 June 2017

Asking the right questions

by Bob McMullan

Robot (Jessie Hodge/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

20 June 2017

The workforce of the future: Solve-a-thon applications open

by Lisa Cornish

21 October 2016

Fortnightly links: Colombia, Turkey, economists on Africa, border walls, and more

by Camilla Burkot and Terence Wood

Senator Fierravanti-Wells during a visit to Bali as part of the Bali Democracy Forum (Flickr/Australian Embassy Jakarta/DFAT/Emmy Fitri CC BY 2.0)

20 October 2016

Australian aid: relevant, effective and innovative for a changing region

by Concetta Fierravanti-Wells

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