Australian Foreign Aid
Aid & Development links: Kenya tests universal basic income, Salome Karwah, South Sudan famine and more
Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton discusses topics ranging from extreme poverty, opioid addiction, Trump voters, robots, and rent-seeking in this fascinating interview in The Atlantic…
Aid and Development links: American aid, financial literacy, demonetisation and more
The Trump Administration is gearing up to propose ‘dramatic reductions’ in foreign aid expenditure. Alex Thier at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) argues that these…
Hard-wiring aid and development to foreign policy
The acid test of Australia’s new foreign policy will be longevity. As a nation, can we set an approach that endures? 'A dynamism about it that can carry forward over about 10…
Aid & development links: Famine in Sudan, universal basic incomes, fighting cholera and more
Famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, with the UN calling for an additional $4.4 billion in humanitarian support in the next month to avert catastrophe. Donations can…
Aid & Development links: Seasonal work, the Gates letter, ADB research and more
The Australasian Aid Conference took place in Canberra last week, with more than 350 participants and 100 speakers in attendance. You can watch a livestream of the plenary…
Aid and development links: Smoking costs a trillion, Global Gag Rule, peak global and more
A new report from the WHO has found that smoking costs the global economy more than US$1 trillion in health care costs and lost productivity annually. The UN is calling for…
Aid & Development links: Jin Liquin, vaccine funding, Zika and more
The NY Times has run a profile of Jin Liquin, the inaugural head of the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.A coalition of governments, philanthropists and business have…
Aid & Development links: 2016 not so bad, a Lagos holiday, UK frets and more
For many 2016 felt like a punch in the guts. Max Roser helps provide some perspective with his Our World In Data website. Writing for the Washington Post, he discusses why we are…
Aid and development links: South Sudan, cash transfers, philanthropy, and more
World Bank member countries have pledged $75 billion in lending to the world’s poorest countries over the next three years. This amount is 50% more than what was committed…
Aid and development links: The war on poverty, UN apologises, education intervention and more
William Easterly writes for the New York Review of Books about why it is time for the war on poverty to separate itself from the war on terror (ungated version here.) …