It’s rare that you get a death, marriage and birth all in the same moment. But ten years ago, in one fell swoop, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) died, its people an...
https://devpolicy.org/equipping-australia-for-development-impact-20231108/
A new development policy for Australia presented an opportunity to reinvigorate a program that has lost its way amid the ambivalence, and occasional outright hostility, shown towards aid by succe...
https://devpolicy.org/did-australia-just-miss-its-moment-20230830/
Speaking at the Australasian AID Conference last November, the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy, declared that an “effective development program critically im...
https://devpolicy.org/a-shot-at-the-title-why-dfat-should-change-its-name-20230208/
When it comes to aid, the Coalition’s just ended nine-year reign can be divided into two periods: from September 2013, when it came to power, to August 2018, when Julie Bishop resigned as Forei...
https://devpolicy.org/the-coalition-and-aid-a-story-of-two-halves-20220603/
The UK’s decision to merge the Department for International Development (DFID) with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has rekindled interest in the most recent model for such a move, Au...
https://devpolicy.org/the-futility-of-aid-integration-20200710-2/
The dissolution of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is a strategic error, but one that can be lessened by learning from Australian experience that emerged in a review of...
https://devpolicy.org/can-the-uk-avoid-australias-integration-errors-20200630-3/
When Boris Johnson announced the integration of the Department for International Development (DFID) into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) he was following a well-worn path. In the last d...
https://devpolicy.org/dfids-integration-lessons-from-australia-and-new-zealand-20200626-2/
About the author/sAshlee BetteridgeAshlee Betteridge was the Manager of the Development Policy Centre until April 2021. She was previously a Research Officer at the centre from 2013-2017. A forme...
https://devpolicy.org/publications/communication-post-integration-reloading-australias-efforts-2016/
In foreign aid, ‘efficiency’ (which is distinct from ‘effectiveness’) usually refers to the costs associated with administrating aid programs, that is, the costs of running aid agencies a...
https://devpolicy.org/does-merging-improve-aid-efficiency-20151104/
People believe what they want to believe. So a front-page story in The Australian newspaper on Monday about fraud at AusAID no doubt confirmed to many the rampant waste in Australia’s foreign a...
https://devpolicy.org/the-australian-aid-fraud-beat-up-20150827/