Devpolicy Talks
315 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★ - 1 ratingDevpolicy Talks brings you interviews, event recordings and more in-depth documentary features relating to the topics we research at the Development Policy Centre. The Centre, part of the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy, works on Australian aid, development in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, and regional and global development issues. It is host to the Devpolicy Blog (devpolicy.org) and a range of public events including the annual PNG Update, Pacific Update and Australasian Aid and International Development Conference.
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PNG Update 2015 - The Hon James Marape Opening Address
July 01, 2015 04:03 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB2015 PNG Update: Opening Address by the Hon James Marape, Finance Minister, Government of Papua New Guinea. Organised by the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Business Administration and the ANU Development Policy Centre, the 2015 PNG Update was held in Port Moresby on June 18-19 2015, at the Main Lecture Theatre at the University of Papua New Guinea. More details: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/png-and-pacific-updates/png-update Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at de...
PNG Update 2015 - Survey of recent developments
July 01, 2015 04:02 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBPresentation of the Survey of Recent Developments by Michael Cornish, Rohan Fox, Win Nicholas, Albert Prabhakar and Ani Rova of the Economics Division, UPNG, and Stephen Howes, Development Policy Centre, ANU. Organised by the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Business Administration and the ANU Development Policy Centre, the 2015 PNG Update was held in Port Moresby on June 18-19 2015, at the Main Lecture Theatre at the University of Papua New Guinea. Read and subscribe to our dail...
PNG Update 2015 - Jim Adams Keynote Address
July 01, 2015 04:01 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB2015 PNG Update - Keynote Address by Jim Adams, former Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank, on the topic of 'Lessons from reform in Africa and Asia'. Organised by the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Business Administration and the ANU Development Policy Centre, the 2015 PNG Update was held in Port Moresby on June 18-19 2015, at the Main Lecture Theatre at the University of Papua New Guinea. More details, including a transcript of this speech, available here:...
PNG Update 2015 - Michael Uiari Keynote Address
July 01, 2015 04:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBPNG Update 2015 - Keynote Address by Mr Michael Uiari, General Manager, Oil Search Ltd. Organised by the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Business Administration and the ANU Development Policy Centre, the 2015 PNG Update was held in Port Moresby on June 18-19 2015, at the Main Lecture Theatre at the University of Papua New Guinea. More details: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/png-and-pacific-updates/png-update Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn ...
2015 aid budget breakfast
June 03, 2015 06:55 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBLast December, the Coalition announced the largest cuts to the aid budget in the history of the Australian aid program: $1 billion or 20 per cent in a single year. How and where will these savings be made? To what extent will key bilateral partners, such as PNG and Indonesia, be protected – and which countries and regions will experience the brunt of the cuts? Will multilateral and NGO allocations be protected, or savaged? Which sectors will be cut? Will humanitarian aid again be compressed?...
Australian aid evaluations part 2: performance of Australian aid 2013-14
June 03, 2015 06:18 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBAs in past years, the Development Policy Centre hosted a forum to discuss and debate recent Australian aid evaluations. This year we focused on the new annual report on Australian aid Performance of Australian Aid 2013-14 and on two recent evaluations from the Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE) on Australia’s responses to humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa and Syria. We heared from ODE and the Chair of the ODE’s Independent Evaluation Committee. Speakers included: Mr Jim Adam...
Australian aid evaluations part 1: Australia's responses to humanitarian crises
June 03, 2015 06:06 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBAs in past years, the Development Policy Centre hosted a forum to discuss and debate recent Australian aid evaluations. This year we focused on the new annual report on Australian aid Performance of Australian Aid 2013-14 and on two recent evaluations from the Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE) on Australia’s responses to humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa and Syria. We heared from ODE and the Chair of the ODE’s Independent Evaluation Committee. Speakers included: Mr Jim Adam...
Has the Sector Wide Approach delivered improvements in population health?
June 03, 2015 05:52 - 49 minutes - 45 MBSector Wide Approaches (SWAps) for health emerged in the 1990s as a mechanism to improve efficiency of aid delivery and effectiveness of aid. Health SWAps aim to increase recipient government autonomy over aid, allowing greater influence over priority setting. Ultimately, it is hoped changes under SWAps will lead to health improvements, yet evidence on health impacts is scarce. In this talk, Mr Rohan Sweeney spoke to a paper in which he analysed a unique dataset of health‐aid recipient count...
Mari Pangestu - The new economy and development: an Indonesian perspective
June 03, 2015 05:39 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBDevelopment in most Asian countries has taken place through several conventional phases. Economies such as Indonesia have started with agriculture/resource based development; have moved to industrialisation first based on import substitution and then shifting towards export orientation as well as production networks; and have then started to transition towards a knowledge and information based as well as a more services oriented economy. The ‘new economy’ continues to evolve beyond knowledge...
Pacific conversations with Dame Meg Taylor
June 03, 2015 05:25 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBDuring her first visit to Vanuatu as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Dame Meg Taylor took some time to chat with Tess Newton Cain for Pacific Conversations. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/regionalism-sub-regionalism-and-womens-empowerment-an-interview-with-dame-meg-taylor-20150308/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter...
Seasonal Worker Program: demand-side constraints and suggested reforms
June 03, 2015 05:21 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBThe Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) was established in 2008, initially as a pilot, then in 2012 as a permanent program, to help meet the labour needs in Australia’s horticultural sector and to provide labour mobility opportunities to Pacific islanders. Despite continuing growth, the SWP remains small in comparison both to the overall number of workers operating in the sectors it covers and to New Zealand’s equivalent Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme. For the SWP, the binding constraint rema...
2015 Australasian Aid Conference - Aid to the Pacific
June 03, 2015 05:11 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBThis panel included the following presentations: All talk and no action: has the Pacific regional health architecture improved over the last five years? — Joel Negin, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in International Public Health, The University of Sydney Tertiary scholarships in Pacific Island States: a public policy challenge and emerging responses — Stephen Close, Human Development Specialist, World Bank Trends in aid to the Pacific islands: Budget support, conditionality and e...
2015 Australasian Aid Conference - Aid, development and conflicts in the Asian frontier
June 03, 2015 04:53 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBThis panel included the following presentations: Understanding conflict, development, and statebuilding: frontier dynamics in central Sulawesi, Indonesia Rachel Diprose, University of Melbourne Drugs and development in the Afghan-Tajik borderlands Jonathan Goodhand, University of Melbourne Anxious integration: development in Sri Lanka’s post-war frontier Bart Klem, University of Melbourne and Thiruni Kelegama, University of Zurich Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org...
2015 Australasian Aid Conference - Aid from India
June 03, 2015 04:43 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBWhile aid from traditional donors has ebbed and flowed over recent years, countries like India and China, who have been quietly supporting south-south cooperation for more than 50 years, are rapidly scaling up their development assistance. Conservative estimates indicate that non-DAC aid surpasses USD10B per annum and will account for at least USD50B in aid or aid-like flows by 2025. India is at the forefront of this sea change. India’s commitment to south- south cooperation has its historic...
2015 Australasian Aid Conference - Recipient perspectives on aid
June 03, 2015 04:34 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBThe changing aid landscape has implications both for donors and recipient countries. This panel explores what the new aid landscape means from a partner country perspective. Speakers discussed how the development/aid landscape in their countries has changed over the years with the emergence of new actors and new forms of finance, the opportunities and challenges new modalities and diverse partnerships offer, and how partner governments are managing this new situation in terms of public finan...
2015 Australasian Aid Conference - Kylie Charlton - Pioneering impact investment in Asia
June 03, 2015 04:18 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBKylie Charlton is Managing Director and Co-founder of Unitus Capital. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.
2015 Australasian Aid Conference - Robin Davies: the future of aid - three orthodoxies contested
June 03, 2015 04:15 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBDrawing on the findings of a multi-decade aid allocation analysis, and of a survey of developing country governments, Robin Davies contests the orthodoxies that the end of aid is night. He foresees a continuing and substantial role for both aid and specialised aid delivery agencies, while arguing for renewed attention to several major aspects of aid effectiveness. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.a...
2015 Australasian Aid Conference - Tanya Plibersek opening address
June 03, 2015 04:04 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBTanya Plibersek, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development, delivered the opening address at the 2015 Australasian Aid Conference. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.
The future of the Global Fund - an interview with Mark Dybul
June 03, 2015 03:52 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBDuring his recent visit to Canberra, Stephen Howes spoke to Dr Mark Dybul, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/the-future-of-the-global-fund-20150223/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.
Tourism, regionalism and Niue’s quest for self-sustainability: an interview with Premier Toke Talagi
June 03, 2015 03:48 - 16 minutes - 14.6 MBTess reached out across the International Date Line to talk with the Premier of Niue, Toke Talagi. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/tourism-regionalism-and-niues-quest-for-self-sustainability-an-interview-with-premier-toke-talagi-20150129/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and...
An interview with Sir Richard Feachem
June 03, 2015 03:47 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBSir Richard Feachem is Director of the Global Health Group at UCSF Global Health Sciences, Professor of Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley. From 2002 to 2007, Sir Richard served as founding Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Gabriele Bammer is a Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, ANU College of Medicine, B...
‘A lost decade? Service delivery and reforms in Papua New Guinea 2002-2012’ Australian launch
June 03, 2015 02:53 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBHas PNG been able to translate its economic boom into services for ordinary people? Based on research undertaken jointly by the National Research Institute (NRI) and the Development Policy Centre, ANU, the report ‘A lost decade? Service delivery and reforms in Papua New Guinea 2012-2012’ compares two surveys in 2002 and 2012 of some 360 primary schools and health care clinics across the country, from the national capital to the most remote districts. It assesses progress on health and educ...
What was different about the 2014 elections in Solomon Islands and what it means for development
June 03, 2015 02:15 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBThe 2014 elections in Solomon Islands brought an intriguing mix of change and continuity. For the first time ever a sitting prime minister lost his seat. Yet the average incumbent survival rate was much higher than usual. The elections were preceded by the passage of legislation designed to promote political parties, and the number of candidates associated with parties increased considerably. Yet the proportion of winning candidates who were independents was actually unusually high. Meanwhil...
Afghanistan 2014: a survey of the Afghan people
June 03, 2015 02:13 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBWith the conclusion of the first democratic transition of power in the country’s history and the continuing drawdown of foreign troops, what do the people of Afghanistan think are the most critical issues facing the country? This survey, based on face-to-face interviews with a nationally representative sample of nearly 9,300 Afghan citizens, reveals their views on security, national reconciliation, the economy, development and essential services, governance and political participation, corr...
The challenges of fighting corruption in Papua New Guinea
June 03, 2015 01:49 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBCorruption in Papua New Guinea is widely accepted to be a major development challenge. The fight against it was recently bolstered by the introduction of a new anti-corruption taskforce. In 2011 Taskforce Sweep, a multi-agency anti-corruption taskforce, was set up by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to investigate, prosecute and recover the proceeds of crime. The agency was initially successful in recouping corrupt funds, instigating numerous arrests and prosecuting a senior politician. But in 2...
Malaria elimination in the Asia Pacific by 2030
June 03, 2015 01:48 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBHalf of all countries in the world have eliminated malaria, mostly since the Second World War. Ambitious strategies are now being put in place to eradicate human malaria worldwide by 2050 and to eliminate malaria in the Asia Pacific region by 2030. The Asia Pacific goal has recently been discussed at the East Asia Summit in Myanmar. Sir Richard presented the historical progress with malaria elimination and the prospects and requirements for global eradication by 2050. He focused on recent dr...
Legal challenges, law reform and legal education – an interview with Lalotoa Mulitalo
June 03, 2015 01:48 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBTess Newton Cain and Lalotoa Mulitalo, who is a Law Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific, met recently in Vanuatu. This is a recording of their conversation. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/legal-challenges-law-reform-and-legal-education-an-interview-with-lalotoa-mulitalo-201401204/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and...
The rise of inequality and the new economic development consensus
June 03, 2015 01:31 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBInequality is on the rise globally and in Australia. The richest 85 people own the same wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion people. World leaders and global economic institutions are increasingly raising the alarm about the risk extreme economic inequality poses to social stability and the strength and sustainability of economic growth itself. While some economic inequality is essential to drive growth and progress, the extreme levels of wealth concentration occurring today threaten to exclud...
Political instability, the MSG and regional politics – an interview with PM Joe Natuman of Vanuatu
June 03, 2015 01:18 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBJoe Nathan is the Prime Minister of Vanuatu. Tess Newton Cain is a Research Associate at the Development Policy Centre. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/political-instability-the-msg-and-regional-politics-an-interview-with-prime-minister-joe-natuman-of-vanuatu-20141113/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest upd...
Careers in development
June 03, 2015 01:02 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBMany young people are interested in a career in international development. Thousands volunteer in development organisations across the country, and development studies and international relations are some of the most popular undergraduate university courses in Australia. The appeal of a career that combines doing good with international travel is undeniable. But the popularity of the field also makes it competitive, and it can be tough for students to know where to start. This public semina...
Voice and agency: empowering women and girls for shared prosperity
June 03, 2015 00:50 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBVoice and Agency: empowering women and girls for shared prosperity is a major new report by the World Bank that shines a spotlight on the value of empowerment, the patterns of constraints that limit their realization, and the associated costs, not only to individual women but to their families, communities, and societies. It highlights promising policies and interventions, and it identifies priority areas where further research and more and better data and evidence are needed. In this publi...
Securitisation of aid and NGOs post-9/11
June 03, 2015 00:39 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBIn this public seminar, Dr Jude Howell, Professor of International Development at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), argued that the securitisation of NGOs post-9/11 has raised both practical issues about aid delivery and the security of NGO workers, as well as broader questions around the purpose of aid and development of civil society. Dr Jude Howell is Professor of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE). She was Direc...
Poverty in Asia: a deeper look
June 03, 2015 00:36 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBBased on Key Indicators 2014, a flagship publication of the Asian Development Bank, this presentation argued that conventional wisdom on poverty measurement fails to consider significant challenges of food insecurity, increasing inequality and rising vulnerability. Once these additional elements are brought in, the hope for an Asia free of poverty by 2020 looks unlikely. Instead, it is more likely poverty will remain prevalent in Asia beyond even 2030. Dr Guanghua Wan is Principal Economist...
Telling stories of and for Melanesian women: an interview with Amanda Donigi
June 03, 2015 00:27 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBTess Newton Cain and Amanda Donigi, publisher of Stella magazine, met recently in Vanuatu. This is a recording of their conversation. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/telling-stories-of-and-for-melanesian-women-an-interview-with-amanda-donigi-20140910/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs,...
Putting our money where our mouths are? Donations to NGOs and support for foreign aid in Australia
June 03, 2015 00:25 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBWhen they are surveyed, Australians appear to be supportive of aid work. Yet beyond the presence of nominal, high-level support, little is known about the nature of their support for aid, or the type of Australian most favourable to aid giving. Are aid supporters predominantly wealthy? Or religious? Or educated? Or young? And is support coupled with particular political or ideological beliefs? Even less is known about the depth of the Australian public’s commitments to aid giving — the exten...
Private sector partnerships in development: US approaches
June 03, 2015 00:23 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBIn 2012, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) convened the Executive Council on Development—a bipartisan group of leaders from government, business, nongovernmental organisations, and philanthropy—to explore how the US government and private sector can work together to support the economic success of developing countries. In this public lecture, Daniel F Runde and Anna Saito Carson of the Project on US Leadership in Development at CSIS discussed the Council’s findings a...
Challenges and opportunities for women in Papua New Guinea
June 03, 2015 00:22 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBWomen in Papua New Guinea are chronically under-represented in all levels of government and business and face barriers to achieving a tertiary education. Those who do succeed must navigate a male dominated workforce, while a small formal sector and rising unemployment limit opportunities. This event brought two prominent female professionals from Papua New Guinea to ANU to speak about their own experiences in this challenging environment and to share ideas on what can be done to increase wo...
Inequality: should developing countries be worried? An interview with Andrew Leigh MP
June 03, 2015 00:05 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBJonathan Pryke sits down with Andrew Leigh, the Federal Member for Fraser and Shadow Assistant Treasurer. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/inequality-should-developing-countries-be-worried-an-interview-with-andrew-leigh-mp-20140724/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.
Pacific conversations with Fred Samuel Tarisongtamate
June 03, 2015 00:03 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBTess Newton Cain sits down with Fred Samuel Tarisongtamate, the Government Chief Information Officer for Vanuatu. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.
Stephen O’Brien on the Roll Back Malaria Partnership's role and the challenges of fighting Malaria
June 03, 2015 00:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBStephen O’Brien has been a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for nearly 15 years. For two and a half years from 2010 he was a development minister in the Department for International Development. He is currently the UK Prime Minister’s envoy to the Sahel. A few weeks ago Jonathan Pryke sat down with Stephen, who was visiting Canberra in his capacity as the Global Advocate for the Roll back Malaria Partnership (RMP), an area in which he has had a personal passion for more than 30 yea...
2014 PNG Update keynote address from her Excellency Ms Margaret Adamson
June 02, 2015 23:55 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBThe PNG Update discussed and debated the latest economic and social developments in PNG. This event was multidisciplinary in nature. The conference presented papers from academics and practitioners on the following topics: PNG’s economic outlook Strategies to convert the resource boom into development Social issues in a booming economy Facilitating broad economic development – agriculture, fisheries, tourism etc SMEs and economic competitiveness Margaret Adamson is Australia’s Deputy H...
2014 PNG Update keynote address from the Hon Patrick Pruatich
June 02, 2015 23:53 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBThe PNG Update discussed and debated the latest economic and social developments in PNG. This event was multidisciplinary in nature. The conference presented papers from academics and practitioners on the following topics: PNG’s economic outlook Strategies to convert the resource boom into development Social issues in a booming economy Facilitating broad economic development – agriculture, fisheries, tourism etc SMEs and economic competitiveness The Hon Mr. Patrick Pruatich is Treasure...
2014 Pacific Update keynote address from Ron Duncan
June 02, 2015 23:53 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe 2014 Pacific Update consisted of two days of panel discussions, including country updates from around the Pacific and panel sessions on: aid to the Pacific; regionalism and the Pacific Plan Review; fisheries management; and skills and labour mobility. Ron Duncan is an Emeritus Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU. More details on the Pacific Update can be found here: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/png-and-pacific-updates/pacific-update Read and subscribe to ou...
2014 Pacific Update keynote addresses from Yongzheng Yang and Christopher Edmonds
June 02, 2015 23:51 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBThe 2014 Pacific Update consisted of two days of panel discussions, including country updates from around the Pacific and panel sessions on: aid to the Pacific; regionalism and the Pacific Plan Review; fisheries management; and skills and labour mobility. Yongzheng Yang is the IMF Resident Representative for Pacific Island Countries. Christopher Edmonds is Senior Economist, Pacific Department, ADB. More details on the Pacific Update can be found here: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/...
The Global Partnership for Education: CEO Alice Albright on opportunities and challenges
June 02, 2015 23:38 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBAlice Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), was in Canberra in May to meet with the Australian Government ahead of its upcoming funding replenishment. Ms Albright has a long and distinguished career in finance and development, having worked as a banker, then spending eight years in GAVI until taking the role of COO of Exim Bank from 2009 to 2013. While she was in Canberra Jonathan Pryke sat down with her to talk about GPE, and their mission to Australia. You can read ...
Pacific conversations with Elise Huffer
June 02, 2015 23:30 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBTess Newton Cain sits down with Elise Huffer, culture Adviser for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), where she works on the Human Development Program. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/cultural-economics-elise-huffer-discusses-opportunities-for-the-pacific-20140519/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for la...
2014 Aid budget breakfast
June 02, 2015 23:28 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBMel Dunn, URS and IDC Australia; Professor Stephen Howes, Development Policy Centre; Joanna Lindner, Australian Council For International Development; Dr Anthony Swan, Development Policy Centre. The Australian aid budget has doubled in the past decade, but with the change of government in September, this unprecedented growth has now been brought to a grinding halt. While the Coalition has committed to keep aid around the $5 billion mark in real terms, it remains to be seen whether this comm...
Pacific conversations with Colin Tukuitonga
June 02, 2015 06:58 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBTess Newton Cain sits down with Colin Tukuitonga the new Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/what-does-the-future-hold-for-spc-an-interview-with-colin-tukuitonga-20140320/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and ev...
PNG’s violence epidemic and the medical response: in conversation with MSF’s Paul Brockmann
June 02, 2015 06:58 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBPaul Brockmann is the outgoing Head of Mission for Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) in Papua New Guinea, focusing on providing medical and psychosocial care for survivors of family and sexual violence. Ashlee Betteridge caught up with Paul during his recent visit to Canberra to discuss MSF’s work in PNG and the challenges facing the health sector more broadly. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/pngs-violence-epidemic-and-the-medical-response-in-conversation-with-msfs-paul-brockman...
ODE evaluations part 2: aid quality and conclusion
June 02, 2015 06:48 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBIn recent months, the Office of Development Effectiveness, the unit within DFAT that’s responsible for the evaluation of Australia’s aid program, has released three important reports. One is its evaluation of the Australian aid volunteer program. The other are two reports on aid program quality: its review of aid program performance reports, and its Lessons from Australian Aid report. As in past years, the Development Policy Centre hosted a forum to discuss and debate these reports. Present...