Improving women’s participation in PNG politics

Why is supporting women’s attempts to get into formal politics in PNG so important, write ANTHONY SWAN and GRANT WALTON of the Development Policy Centre.

Money well spent

A generous gift from the Harold Mitchell Foundation to the Development Policy Centre at the Crawford School is set to help ensure that Australian aid is able to give more to countries in need.

Understanding Asian aid: forum

Asia’s increasingly significant contribution to regional aid that has seen China’s development cooperation increase by nearly 30 per cent in a decade will be examined at the Crawford School tomorrow.

The rocky road to research

Battling rough high seas in a dinghy, incurring the wrath of village sorcerers and making school teachers flee in fear – the path to research can be much more than trawling through books.

Aid effectiveness: the price of asylum seeker cost shifting

A decision to reallocate $375 million in aid spending to cover asylum seeker costs will come at a high price for aid effectiveness, writes STEPHEN HOWES.

Australian aid to Afghanistan

The Australian Senate has set itself a tough task by choosing to evaluate the effectiveness of Australian aid to Afghanistan, write STEPHEN HOWES and JONATHAN PRYKE.

Scoring the Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals are both too ambitious and not ambitious enough, writes TERENCE WOOD.