States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
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The latest budget shows we’re starting to cement the view that an adequate development budget is non-negotiable if Australia wants to have influence in the region.
Giving Ukraine large amounts of money while not actually declaring war on Russia has various benefits for the US and other countries. Chiefly, it could protect US soldiers and civilians.
Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, Africa has slipped from its precarious but tangible place in UK political discourse.
As authorities desperately seek aid, the Sri Lankan crisis continues.
Concerns about Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have made the rest of the world wary of sending money, and many foreign aid workers have already fled.
The Albanese government has launched a concerted effort to nip in the bud a threatened resumption of the people smuggling trade, with a visit by Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil to Sri Lanka and a $50…
New Zealand – like Australia – must increase its overseas aid spending if it is serious about matching China’s ambitions in the South Pacific.
The money is evenly split between military support and funds for economic, humanitarian and other needs.
The Ukrainian crisis is probably the biggest crowdsourced humanitarian aid operation ever undertaken.
Assistance that began when the Soviet Union collapsed has grown since Russia’s annexation of Crimea, in southern Ukraine, in 2014.
The cooperation should strengthen institutions and rally private entities to fund public projects.
In 1983, a Canadian group helped rebuild traditional cooking houses in Tonga in the aftermath of a devastating cyclone. The Tonga Kitchens project offers lessons for Canadian aid today.
A scholar from Afghanistan outlines what more than $150 billion in assistance did and didn’t accomplish in two decades following the arrival of U.S. troops un 2001.
Low-income countries that sought to spend more on health care during the pandemic have been hit with ratings downgrades, while others avoided borrowing entirely.
Many developing countries cannot free up public money to invest in economic stimulus packages. For them to join in the global recovery, they will need assistance.
The way foreign aid is disbursed needs to be revisited to avoid the traps it’s fallen into in the past.
Providing foreign aid is not always straightforward. But here are some practical ways Australia might be able to help India.
How can democratic nations help fledgling democracies and others struggling against the tide of autocrats?
Removing funding from research-led projects puts people in highly vulnerable situations.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Director, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Economy and Society, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor of Public Management, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in International Relations, Binus University
