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Feb 7, 2025 · The Australasian AID Conference was held on 3-5 December 2024 in Canberra. Conference presentations are now available on the Devpolicy ANU website.

This an edited version of a speech delivered in Bangkok to the 17-18 December 2024 High-Level Regional Consultation on Financing for Development in Asia and the Pacific in preparation for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which will be held on 30 June-3 July 2025 in Spain.. The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development is being held at one of ...

1 day ago · 2025 will mark the thirtieth year in which I have been scribbling about governance. In this time, I have been privileged to think and write about governance for the United Kingdom’s former Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, AusAID/DFAT, and now for Abt Global.

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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 new “development partnership plans” (DPPs) which will all be finalised in the course of 2024.. According to the performance and delivery framework …

This is our final blog for the year. We’ll start up again from 6 January 2025. The editorial team of Robin Davies, Amita Monterola, Jackie Hanafie and Sadhana Sen would like to thank everyone who has written for, read, commented on, promoted and supported the Devpolicy Blog in 2024.

Thanks Heather. Really useful spotlight on the challenge that DFAT faces. I can’t help but be reminded of “institutional strengthening” aid projects which often try to cherry pick areas for improvement only to find that it is really difficult to create an “island of excellence” where the ways of working are different from standard practice within the institution.

Mar 5, 2024 · by Stephen Howes, Michael Kabuni, Maholopa Laveil, Alyssa Leng, Kingtau Mambon, Thomas Wangi and Terence Wood