Fortnightly links: Fanon, voting, new podcast, Global Fund, and more
Adam Shatz has a beautiful piece on the subtleties, and contradictions, of Franz Fanon. An intriguing lawyer’s diary in the London Review of Books tells the tale of a shattered state, an oil company,...
View ArticleUSAID launches Global Development Lab
Earlier this month, USAID announced the launch of its Global Development Lab, which aims to harness technology and science-based solutions to work toward ending global poverty. The Lab describes its...
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Doing well by doing good: foreign aid improves opinions of the US
Over the last decade, comments made by politicians in a number of OECD countries have suggested that they are eager to see domestic benefits born of foreign aid provided for developing countries. Given...
View ArticleWill China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank succeed?
One of the hot topics in the Ministries of Finance across Asia of late is what to make of China’s newly announced plans to create a new development institution to be named the Asian Infrastructure...
View ArticleUS aid effectiveness legislation: some ideas for Australia?
On October 16, shadow foreign minister Tanya Plibersek announced that, if elected in 2016, “a Shorten Labor Government will legislate for transparency and accountability to improve aid effectiveness.”...
View ArticleTed Cruz and a leaderless USAID
In April this year the Obama administration nominated Gayle Smith to become the head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Ms Smith was not a controversial appointment--she...
View ArticleAn update on US aid legislation
Sometimes it’s nice to be proven wrong. In our latest policy brief, on the topic of aid legislation, we highlighted several positive aspects of the proposed US Foreign Aid Transparency and...
View ArticleMilder than Tony Abbott? Trump on foreign aid
You might not expect Donald Trump to have thought or said much about foreign assistance. In fact, he has made more than a few remarks on the subject. These have been well summarised by various US-based...
View ArticleTrump and the PNG 2017 elections
Donald Trump’s election as the 45th President of America took the world by surprise. It was certainly one of the defining moments of the 21st century. Many assumed the United States would continue to...
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Trump’s new deal for international organisations: 40% off
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration has set in train processes that could lead to the cancellation of US funding for some international organisations (beyond the already-defunded...
View ArticleFortnightly links: Fanon, voting, new podcast, Global Fund, and more
Adam Shatz has a beautiful piece on the subtleties, and contradictions, of Franz Fanon. An intriguing lawyer's diary in the London Review of Books tells the tale of a shattered state, an oil company,...
View ArticleTrump’s gag rule on abortion: legacy and future
The Global Gag Rule (GGR), also called the Mexico City Policy, is a US government policy first enacted in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan that prohibits federal funding to foreign NGOs providing...
View ArticleAfghanistan and its donors: a critical time
The Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, on 23 and 24 November, presents an important opportunity for renewing the partnership between Afghanistan and the international community. It can help secure...
View ArticleAfter Biden’s win, Australia needs to recommit to the UN Green Climate Fund
Now Joe Biden is on track to be the next US president, there has been plenty of speculation about what this means for Australia’s policies on climate change. Biden promises to achieve a 100% clean...
View ArticleThe South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty: 35 years on
There is still hope for a global ban on nuclear weapons in our lifetime, and Pacific countries have long shown particular commitment to achieving this goal. Two recent events have been encouraging. In...
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