Tag - Language

Local perspectives on mother-tongue education in Nepal

June 14, 2019

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by Naomi Fillmore

Ibu Nurdiana, a teacher involved in the INOVASI Bima pilot, teaches strategies for language and learning in the classroom (Credit: INOVASI)

Improving learning for local language speakers in Eastern Indonesia

April 29, 2019

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by Kania Dewi, Stephanie Carter

Fortnightly links: Development Bulletin No. 80, language barriers in crises, Islamophobia and support for ISIS, and more

December 7, 2018

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by Sachini Muller, Terence Wood

Sean Dorney says goodbye as he leaves PNG, possibly for the last time (Foreign Correspondent: Craig Berkman)

Fortnightly links: languages in development, The Gambia’s migration exodus, Sean Dorney visits PNG, and more

August 31, 2018

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by Terence Wood, Sachini Muller

Primary school students in Bima face many learning challenges, including low literacy levels, remoteness and issues of teacher training (Credit: INOVASI Program)

Language matters: language and learning in Bima, Indonesia

March 28, 2018

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by Naomi Fillmore, Wuri Handayani

Bilingual classroom poster, Kiribati (Photo: Hilary Smith)

International Mother Language Day: sustainable development in everyone’s language

February 21, 2018

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by Hilary Smith

Students at Yezin Agricultural University, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (AVI/Harjono Djoyovisono Harjono)

The fluency of fitting in

July 18, 2017

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by Mark Deasey

Student at Dawa Dhechen Chhyolin Gumba (Buddhist School), Gaighat Udayapur, Nepal (image: Hilary Smith)

‘Our languages matter’ in development

July 6, 2017

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by Hilary Smith

Devpolicy Talks

The Development Policy Centre is home to the Devpolicy Blog (devpolicy.org) and is a think tank for aid and development policy based at Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. Devpolicy Talks brings you the latest from our centre’s public events as well as other discussions from our blog and research work covering Australian aid, PNG and the Pacific and global development policy.

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Migration and household finances: How a different framing can improve thinking about migration

June 18, 2020

Migration and household finances: How a different framing can improve thinking about migration

June 18, 2020

2020 Australasian AID Conference – Panel 5b: Australian aid and foreign policy

June 4, 2020

2020 Australasian AID Conference – Panel 5b: Australian aid and foreign policy

June 4, 2020

2020 Australasian AID Conference – Panel 5a: Working with men and boys to end violence against women

May 18, 2020

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Good Will Hunters

Join us as Rachel Mason Nunn explores the nuanced world of international development by talking to experts and game-changers whose voices and work are critical to radically transforming the sector and our communities for the better. Listen in and be prepared to hear from incredible people who push us to rethink international development, and how we can create meaningful and long-lasting change.

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Jacqui De Lacey – Are managing contractors the problem, or the solution?

July 12, 2020

Elizabeth Peak – What does the Partnerships for Recovery Policy mean for the Indo-Pacific?

July 5, 2020

Jonathan Pryke and Roland Rajah – What does the future of aid to the Pacific look like?

June 28, 2020

Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki and Konnie Yoifa – How do you address gender based violence in the Pacific?

June 21, 2020

Martha Macintyre – Does democracy work in PNG?

June 14, 2020

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