Political economy analysis should encompass the aid allocation and distribution process, not just partner-country dynamics, ...

Pacific journalists see themselves not just as neutral observers and commentators but as active cultural participants, say ...

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Resurgent geopolitical competition in the Indo-Pacific has revived longstanding concerns about Australia and other Western donors instrumentalising aid programs to advance national interests rather ...

Pete Connolly is an Adjunct Fellow at the University of New South Wales, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Solomon Islands National University and an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and ...

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

Once upon a time governance was not a thing in development. It was only about thirty years ago that the ideas of a few academic scribblers began to filter into the development discourse and challenge ...

Although the Trump administration is now attempting to walk back some of the most obviously murderous aspects of its aid freeze, its ramifications remain: the damage already done, the effects on work ...

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.

Justine McMahon is the Country Director for CARE International in Papua New Guinea. She is based in Goroka in the Eastern Highlands Province and has lived and worked in PNG for over 12 years.

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.