Foreign aid was increased by 4% over what had been projected last year to bring the 2024-25 aid budget to $4.961 billion, virtually unchanged from the (inflation-adjusted) 2023-24 level of $4.900...
https://devpolicy.org/2024-aid-spending-and-effectiveness-update/
Our monthly update of news and analysis on aid and international development, with a focus on Australian aid. Australian aid The Albanese government has appointed Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin (...
Last night the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its preliminary data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending by the 31 country members of its Develo...
https://devpolicy.org/global-aid-2023-comparing-apples-with-apples/
Our monthly update of news and analysis on aid and international development, with a focus on Australian aid. Australian aid The Albanese government has joined several other Western donors and an...
Our monthly update of news and analysis on aid and international development, with a focus on Australian aid. Australian Aid As part of a joint statement with his Canadian and New Zealand counter...
Key development, diplomacy and defence policies have called for Australia to take a “whole-of-nation” approach to its engagement with the world. But what does this look like? Moving beyond ...
The death of “adman” and philanthropist Harold Mitchell AC on February 10 has been widely mourned, as well it should be. Australia’s leaders from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese down have r...
https://devpolicy.org/harold-mitchell-thank-you-and-vale-20240220/
Australian aid During her recent visit to the Middle East, foreign minister Penny Wong announced an allocation of $21.5 million in additional humanitarian assistance for civilians affected by the...
A key element of the Australian government’s new international development policy, released in August last year, was the promise to revitalise the regional and country strategy process through ...
https://devpolicy.org/development-partnership-plans-pitfalls-and-potential-20240116/
The biggest disappointment of my time with responsibility for the Australian aid program was the failure to finalise Australia’s application for membership of the African Development Bank. The ...