The current OECD Development Assistance Committee peer review of Australia's aid effort takes place at a critical moment, ...

The re-elected Labor Government‘s political capital should be used to improve the quality and measurement of Australia’s aid ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.

The Pacific Family Matters blog series explores priorities for the re-elected Australian Labor government’s engagement on development issues in the Pacific.

Who receives remittances and from whom? In 2021, personal remittances received to Tonga are estimated to be USD220 million, or equivalent to around 44% of Tongan gross domestic product (GDP). The ...

Scott Waide. Scott Waide is a journalist based in Lae, Papua New Guinea. He is the former Deputy Regional Head of News for EMTV and has worked in the media for 24 years.

Stephen Ndegwa. Stephen Ndegwa is the World Bank Country Director for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. He is responsible for leading the World Bank’s program and staff across 12 countries, ...

Joel Nilon. Joel Nilon is currently Senior Pacific Fellow at the Pacific Security College at the Australian National University. He previously served at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat for nine ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.

A decade ago the Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration (PLGED) was signed in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in August 2012. Leaders reiterated their commitment (which they actually first made the year ...

Hafford Norea. Hafford Norea is a Research Officer with the Education Research Program at the Papua New Guinea National Research Institute. He previously worked with the PNG Public Employees ...

New OECD aid data for 2020, from the organisation’s Development Assistance Committee or DAC, shows that Australia’s aid performance has never been worse in global terms. We started the decade above ...