This engaging memoir recounting tales from a career as a technical adviser put me in mind of a long night at a wine-soaked dinner party at an expat compound, the type of evening the author hersel...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been rumblings of its potential to rebalance existing inequalities. Development commentators noted border closures were accelerating localisa...
https://devpolicy.org/localising-pacific-consulting-20211108/
About the author/sKaren DowningKaren Downing is Research Communications Coordinator at the Development Policy Centre. ABOUT THE AUTHOR/S KAREN DOWNING Karen Downing is Research Communications C...
https://devpolicy.org/publications/best-of-the-development-policy-blog-2012-2013/
Those of us who aspire to procreate as well as forge a career in development are faced with tough decisions. One that many consider is whether to take their family and live in a developing countr...
https://devpolicy.org/trials-tribulations-development-mum-20160914/
With minimal fanfare, the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) brand was retired as of July 1, in line with the recommendation of the Office of Development Effectiveness evaluatio...
https://devpolicy.org/ayad-volunteers-brand-retired-20140716/
Every year about 300 Australian medical students flock to the annual Australian Medical Students’ Association Global Health Conference, first run in 2005. The conference’s aim is to ‘fulfil...
Jessica Alexander’s Chasing Chaos: my decade in and out of humanitarian aid is part memoir, part travelogue, part textbook. It’s a breezy read, despite being set amid some of the most harro...
https://devpolicy.org/chasing-chaos-a-primer-on-the-challenges-of-humanitarian-aid-work-20131025/
Robin: I’m Robin Sherbourne, head of the ODI Fellowship Scheme, which is a 50-year-old program placing young professional economists from anywhere in the world in developing country governments...
Our monthly reflection on issues raised in the Devpolicy blog, this month authored by Stephen Howes. Ashlee Betteridge’s May 23 account of her time as a volunteer in Timor has quickly become ou...
https://devpolicy.org/may-blog-digest-problems-with-australias-volunteer-program-20130531/
Frederic: My name is Frédéric Jeanjean and I’m currently in the second year of the AusAID Graduate Development Program. I’m currently working in the World Bank and Results Section and am in...