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Aid and development links: Bill Gates, Uber and the UN, Middle East water and more

Published 30 Mar 2015 Follow @StephieDunstan

Why is Australian aid funding so frequently in the cross-hairs? Kylie Bourne on why we need to talk about aid.
Bled dry: an ICRC report on how war in the Middle East is bringing the region's water supplies to breaking point.
Bill Gates reviews the world's response to Ebola and what might be the next global epidemic.
New report from the OECD on the world's 50 most vulnerable countries.
UN backs out of deal with Uber due to concerns over female driver protection.
Roads are a key aspect of the development agenda, but at what environmental cost?
The Economist reviews the four big meetings to occur in 2015 that will decide global governance outcomes.
Startling graph below from CARE Australia: Australian foreign aid as a percentage of national income.

Madeleine Nyst 30 Nov 2020 13:00

By refusing to concede an election he has lost, the American president further undermines faith in the system.

Peter Layton 4 Aug 2021 06:00

The military should be restructured with a dedicated element to better tackle relief operations full-time.

Jeffrey Robertson 18 Aug 2020 14:30

Centralised decision-making and tighter budgets are here to stay, with pointless political talkfest out of the way.