- New OECD aid data (see table below) shows development aid stable, but flows to poorest countries still falling.
- The OECD data highlighted that Australia's foreign aid cuts are among the biggest in the developed world.
- Chris Blattman on development reformers: 'I think even very smart and experienced people are profoundly bad at knowing what the problems are in the economy'.
- In Australia, Senator Jacqui Lambie declines an invitation to visit Australian aid projects . ACFID released a list of 10 things Jacquie Lambie should know about Australian aid.
- Stewart Patrick: decision by America's European allies to join AIIB is 'a body blow to the U.S.-led international order created in the wake of World War II, which is crumbling before our eyes.'
- Do aid and development projects need their own TripAdvisor feedback system? Possibly, says Duncan Green, Oxfam adviser.
- Developing economies are suffering a massive outflow of capital.
- How the US presidential candidates rate on aid. An ABC Radio Australia podcast from Jemima Garrett.
- Want to get a job in development/aid sector? The definitive 368 page guide.
Aid & development links: OECD data, AIIB, Jacquie Lambie, capital outflow and more
Published 13 Apr 2015
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