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Devpolicy TalksUncovering Kiribati: Rimon Rimon on press freedom in the PacificIn this episode, we delve into the life and work of Rimon Rimon, a dynamic i-Kiribati citizen who has shaped both the public narrative in his own country and the evolution of independent journalism in the Pacific. Rimon’s career began in education and government service, but it was his appointment as Lead Communications and Public Relations Adviser to President Anote Tong that placed him at the centre of Kiribati’s international engagement. For over a decade, Rimon was responsible for crafting and communicating Kiribati’s message to the world — most notably on the existential threat of climate change. He manag...
2025-06-2834 min
Devpolicy TalksSafeguarding crop diversity: a conversation with Stefan SchmitzIn this episode of Devpolicy Talks, Robin Davies interviews Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust.The conversation begins with a discussion of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. Often called the "Doomsday Vault", it actually serves as a safety backup for the world's 800+ gene banks, protecting against localised mishaps like civil wars, fires, or natural disasters. Stefan explains how this resource proved invaluable during the Syrian Civil War, allowing the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to retrieve its vital seed collection and resume research in Morocco after...
2025-04-0846 min
Devpolicy TalksStability amidst uncertainty: 2025 Australian aid budget analysisIn this episode of Devpolicy Talks, Amita Monterola speaks with Dr Cameron Hill and Honorary Professor Robin Davies about Australia's 2025-26 aid budget. The conversation reveals two competing narratives within the budget: Australia's repositioning in an uncertain global environment alongside its role as a stable and reliable partner during turbulent times.The analysis shows that despite rhetoric about reprioritisation, the budget largely maintains stability in allocations. The Pacific continues to receive the largest share at 42% of total aid, followed by Southeast Asia at 25%, with minimal changes from previous patterns. The governance sector remains the predominant focus, while...
2025-03-2928 min
Devpolicy TalksAsif Saleh on BRAC as an innovative social conglomerateIn this episode of Devpolicy Talks, Robin Davies interviews Asif Saleh, the Executive Director of BRAC, one of the world’s largest and most influential non-governmental organisations. Asif reflects on BRAC’s remarkable evolution from a post-war relief organisation in Bangladesh to a global leader in tackling poverty, health, education and social innovation. Under his leadership, BRAC has identified and addressed emerging challenges such as urban poverty, youth unemployment and climate adaptation.Asif begins by recounting BRAC’s origins in the aftermath of Bangladesh’s War of Independence in 1971. Initially focused on refugee rehabilitation, the organisation quickly pivoted...
2025-03-2145 min
Devpolicy TalksGlobal health in crisis: a conversation with Nina SchwalbeIn this episode of Devpolicy Talks, Robin Davies interviews Nina Schwalbe about the dramatic shifts in US global health policy under the Trump administration and their far-reaching consequences. As founder of Spark Street Advisors and a global health expert with extensive experience in multilateral organisations, Nina provides a sobering account of how these changes are reshaping international development assistance.The conversation begins with an exploration of the US withdrawal from WHO and its freezing of foreign assistance payments. Nina highlights how these actions have crippled WHO’s core finances and programs in immunisation, maternal health, non-communicable diseases an...
2025-03-0833 min
Devpolicy TalksAustralasian AID Conference: looking forward to AAC2025The Australasian AID Conference (AAC), held annually in partnership with The Asia Foundation, has become an integral part of the Australian and regional aid calendar.We are pleased to announce ACC2025 will be held from Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December at the Australian National University in Canberra.The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers from across Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and beyond who are working on aid and international development policy (the AID in the conference title) to share insights, promote collaboration, and help develop the research community.In this episode...
2025-02-2335 min
Devpolicy TalksMasood Ahmed on development cooperation in a contested worldRobin Davies speaks with Sir Masood Ahmed, the distinguished international economist whose career spans over 35 years at the forefront of international development. Up to July 2024, Ahmed served as President of the US-based Center for Global Development for seven years, following influential roles at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the UK's Department for International Development. Born in Pakistan and educated at the London School of Economics, Masood has been instrumental in shaping global economic policies, particularly in the areas of debt relief, aid effectiveness, and poverty reduction.In this wide-ranging interview, Masood discusses t...
2024-12-0551 min
Devpolicy TalksVaccinating the next billion: Gavi’s CEO Dr Sania NishtarGavi is a unique global health partnership that has revolutionised access to vaccines in lower-income countries since 2000. Working with governments, UN agencies, private sector partners and civil society, Gavi has helped immunise more than one billion children, averted 18 million deaths and generating over US$200 billion in economic benefits. The organisation is known for its efficiency, keeping operational costs below 3%, and employs an innovative co-financing model where recipient countries gradually increase their contribution as their economic capacity grows, eventually becoming self-sustaining.Gavi’s CEO Dr Sania Nishtar discusses the organisation’s evolving role in global health, from its trad...
2024-11-2241 min
Devpolicy TalksClimate justice and the World Court: Cynthia HouniuhiIt’s the eve of COP29, the global climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. In this episode, with thanks to the Australian Museum, we rebroadcast the 2024 Talbot Oration, delivered by Cynthia Houniuhi. You'll hear how a small group of committed Pacific law students transformed their classroom project into a global movement for climate justice, demonstrating the power of determined advocacy to shape international law and policy.Cynthia Houniuhi has emerged as one of the Pacific's most compelling voices on climate justice. Growing up on the remote Reef Islands in the Solomons, Cynthia developed a profound connection to la...
2024-11-0839 min
Devpolicy TalksCultivating resilience - Part 2: CIMMYT's mission to transform global food systemsIn this episode, Robin Davies speaks with Dr Bram Govaerts, the Director General of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). This is the second in a three-part series on the CGIAR network of agricultural research centres. You can hear Robin’s interview with the Executive Managing Director of CGIAR, Dr Esmahane Elouafi, in episode 320, and his interview with Dr Aly Abousabaa, Director General of ICARDA, in episode 322.CIMMYT is a non-profit research organization dedicated to improving livelihoods through maize and wheat science and is one of the 15 research centres that make up the CGIAR network. Wit...
2024-10-1131 min
Devpolicy TalksCultivating resilience - Part 1: CGIAR’s vision for global food securityIn this episode, Robin Davies speaks with Dr Ismahane Elouafi, the Executive Managing Director of CGIAR.CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) is a global partnership that unites international organisations engaged in research about food security. CGIAR's mission is to deliver science and innovation that advance the transformation of food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. Dr Elouafi discusses the structure and governance of CGIAR, its achievements, and current challenges. She emphasises the importance of addressing climate change, improving food security and nutrition, and adapting agricultural practices to changing conditions. Dr...
2024-09-2749 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific gender equality: a regional perspectiveIn this episode, Robin Davies speaks with Dr Fiona Hukula, the Gender Specialist at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. Dr Hukula is a social anthropologist with a Doctorate from the University of St Andrews. Over more than 20 years, she has dedicated her career to policy and social research, focusing on gender-based violence, urban issues, and socio-legal studies in the Pacific region. Prior to her current role, she was a Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader at the Papua New Guinea National Research Institute.Dr Hukula emphasizes the importance of understanding and integrating traditional Pacific cultural values into...
2024-09-0633 min
Devpolicy TalksWhat would an independent New Caledonia mean for Australia? A discussion with Nic MaclellanIn this episode, Robin Davies speaks with the distinguished Australian journalist and researcher Nic Maclellan. Over the years, Nic has extensively covered the political and social dynamics of New Caledonia, providing unique insights into its complex relationship with France and the ongoing independence movement.New Caledonia is going through a period of substantial unrest and tension, largely driven by the contentious self-determination referenda under the Nouméa Accord. The third referendum, held in December 2021, was marred by controversy due to low participation from the indigenous Kanak community, who largely boycotted the vote. This has led to increased p...
2024-08-2355 min
Devpolicy TalksThe first ten years: Femili PNG’s work with survivors of family and sexual violence since 2014Robin Davies speaks with Daisy Plana, CEO of Femili PNG, together with in-house lawyer Delwyn Dau and caseworker Elly Toimbo, on the occasion of the organisation’s tenth anniversary. Femili PNG is a pioneering organisation dedicated to supporting survivors of family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea through its case management centres in Lae, Port Moresby, and Goroka, as well as a safe house in Port Moresby. Since its establishment in 2014, Femili PNG has provided comprehensive support to over 7,400 survivors, including food, clothing, legal advice, counseling, and safe transport, while also facilitating access to specialised services lik...
2024-08-0947 min
Devpolicy TalksThe gains and pains of working away from homeDevelopment Policy Centre Deputy Director Ryan Edwards and Dung Doan, an Economist in the World Bank's Social Protection and Jobs team, discuss the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey, which was conducted between 2020 and 2023.Edwards and Doan explain how the joint research project between the Australian National University and the World Bank was a comprehensive study of Pacific migrants working in Australia and New Zealand.They discuss that although migrants and their families perceived migration as beneficial to Pacific communities, the survey identified several issues that need to be addressed.Read the survey report, The...
2024-07-0729 min
Devpolicy TalksHelder Lopes on governing Timor-Leste’s financial sectorHelder Lopes, Governor of Timor-Leste’s Central Bank, spoke with Robin Davies when he visited Australia in May 2024 under the Special Visits Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.The Central Bank of Timor-Leste is a young institution, established in 2011. It combines some of the responsibilities of our own reserve bank with those of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority, and it manages Timor-Leste's sovereign wealth fund, the Petroleum Fund. Helder is only the Central Bank’s second Governor, and is six months into a six-year term. He ta...
2024-06-1433 min
Devpolicy TalksCan the world’s governments agree on a better framework for pandemic response?Helen Clark sat down with Robin Davies on her March 2024 visit to the Australian National University to talk about whether governments and global institutions are ready to change the way they respond to pandemics.Clark has had a long career in public service as New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and Co-Chair of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response.With this episode, we're relaunching our podcast after a more than two-year hiatus. In this new season, we'll bring you a mix of interviews, event recordings, and more in...
2024-04-1829 min
Devpolicy Talks2021 aid budget breakfastOn the eve of the 2021–22 Federal Budget, Stephen Howes set out three tests for Australia’s aid budget: Will there be any further increases in aid next year? Will the government sustain any aid increases beyond this year and next? Will the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provide an estimate of this year’s and next year’s Official Development Assistance (ODA)? In this ninth edition of Devpolicy’s aid budget breakfast, he answers those questions, provides analysis on the broader budget context and compares aid and defence spending. He also looks at specific aid updates, including how the Pacifi...
2021-05-2057 min
Devpolicy TalksWorsening employment outcomes for Pacific technical graduate job-seekers, and one possible solutionThe Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is a major Australian government foreign aid initiative that commenced in 2008, that has spent over $350 million, and that has turned out over 15,000 graduates with Australian qualifications. In a recent Devpolicy Discussion Paper, Richard Curtain and Stephen Howes analyse graduate tracer surveys and show that employment outcomes for APTC graduate job-seekers have worsened over the last decade. This is mainly because of falling demand for the trades and hospitality qualifications APTC has offered since inception. They suggest a more demand-led approach to course selection and a greater focus on promoting international migration opportunities to im...
2021-04-0959 min
Devpolicy Talks2020 Australasian AID Conference - Keynote address - Alex Hawke, Minister for International Development and the PacificIn this keynote address delivered on 19 February at the 2020 Australasian AID Conference, Alex Hawke, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, outlines the key trends in the Indo-Pacific region affecting Australia’s development partners and shaping its new international development policy. He also discusses Australia’s longstanding commitment to the region and its Pacific step-up, and how Australia will continue to support the region and keep it strong.Minister Hawke is introduced by Helen Sullivan, Director of the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. Keynote speaker:Alex Hawke, Minister for Inter...
2020-04-2353 min
Devpolicy TalksAustralian aid: building a robust performance cultureOn Wednesday 1 May, former World Bank Vice President Jim Adams presented his reflections on the performance of the Australian aid program. He is stepping down as Chair of DFAT's Independent Evaluation Committee after seven years in the role, and joined us at ANU to discuss how to build a robust performance culture based on accountability, transparency, learning and appropriate risk management.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our p...
2019-05-0643 min
Devpolicy TalksTax pirates and tax fairnessIn a talk at ANU on 12 April, Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP discussed how a Labor government will tackle tax avoidance in Australia and our region, and announced a new policy initiative to help crack down on multinational tax avoidance and restore fairness into the system.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn a...
2019-04-1744 min
Devpolicy Talks2019 Australasian Aid Conference - Keynote panel: China's development cooperation in focusChinese development cooperation in Asia and the Pacific is growing rapidly. In this keynote panel at the 2019 Australasian Aid Conference, Chinese experts shared their insights on the rationale, aspirations and challenges of Chinese development cooperation, particularly in relation to the Belt and Road Initiative, responsible investment, the new development cooperation agency, and China's engagement in the Pacific.
Panellists:
Anthea Mulakala, The Asia Foundation (Chair)
Hongbo Ji, The Asia Foundation
Yujia Shen, Sun Yat-sen University
Jinghang Jia, Ministry of Finance, China
Xiuli Xu, China Institute for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture
The 2019...
2019-04-101h 25
Devpolicy Talks2019 Australasian Aid Conference - Panel 2a: Using a gender lens to influence impact financeThis panel reviewed and reflected on the on-the-ground experience of using a gender lens in the impact investment ecosystem in Asia and the Pacific.
Panellists:
Amy Haddad, DFAT (Chair)
Joy Anderson, Criterion Institute
Amanda Jupp, Pacific RISE
Sally Moyle, CARE Australia
Will Scott-Kemmis, SecondMuse (Frontier Innovators and Incubators)
James Soukamneuth, Investing in Women
The 2019 Australasian Aid Conference was held at Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, on 19-20 February, and was organised by the Development Policy Centre in partnership with The Asia Foundation.
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2019-04-051h 30
Devpolicy Talks2019 Australasian Aid Conference - Keynote panel: Mental health and psychosocial disabilityThis panel highlighted the need for an increased focus on mental health and psychosocial disability within the disability-inclusive development agenda, and provided some best-practice examples and learnings for development practitioners.
Panellists:
Teresa Hall, University of Melbourne (Chair)
Becca Allchin, Monash University
Aleisha Carroll, CBM Australia
Bhargavi Davar, Transforming Communities for Inclusion
Helen Fernandes, TEAR Australia
The 2019 Australasian Aid Conference was held at Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, on 19-20 February, and was organised by the Development Policy Centre in partnership with The Asia Foundation.
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2019-04-0357 min
Devpolicy TalksAustralian Greens' aid and development policy: towards the 2019 electionOn 29 March, Senator Richard Di Natale, Leader of the Australian Greens, launched the Australian Greens' full aid and development policy for the 2019 federal election at a public event at ANU.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.You can send u...
2019-04-0227 min
Devpolicy Talks2019 Australasian Aid Conference - Panel 1e: Pacific labour mobilityWith the recent establishment of the Pacific Labour Scheme and Pacific Labour Facility, and the reorientation and rebadging of the Australia Pacific Training Coalition and Pacific Labour Facility, this panel provided the opportunity for a conversation about the complexities and opportunities that labour mobility provides for the Pacific region.
Panellists:
Kaye Schofield, Australia Pacific Training Coalition (Chair)
Richard Curtain, Development Policy Centre, ANU
Andie Fong Toy, Australia Pacific Training Coalition
Alisi Holani, Tonga Ministry of Commerce
Nick Volk, Pacific Labour Facility
The 2019 Australasian Aid Conference was held at Crawford School...
2019-03-281h 26
Devpolicy TalksPublic work programs vs active labour market programs: evidence from Papua New GuineaGovernments and aid donors spend billions of dollars on active labour market programs and public works programs to improve the long term employability of youth by providing training, work placements and job searching assistance, and offer social protection through the creation of temporary employment opportunities. But how effective are these programs? In this public seminar at ANU on 20 September 2018, Chris Hoy presented the preliminary results of an impact evaluation of the largest employment program in Papua New Guinea - the Urban Youth Employment Program.
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2018-09-261h 01
Devpolicy TalksThe IFC, development finance and our region: in conversation with Nena StoiljkovicNena Stoiljkovic, the International Finance Corporation's Vice President for Asia and the Pacific, recently made her first visit to Australia in this role. On 23 August, she spoke at a seminar at ANU about IFC’s new strategy, its approaches to maximising finance for development and private sector investment, and its work in the Asia Pacific region.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu...
2018-08-2953 min
Devpolicy Talks2018 PNG Update - Plenary Session 4: ANU-UPNG research showcaseThe 2018 PNG Update was held at the University of PNG on 14-15 June. In this ANU-UPNG research showcase, we hear about some of the recent collaborative research by academics from the two universities, including on health phone services, decentralisation, the impact of family and sexual violence on education, infant industry protection, and health expenditure performance.
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2018-08-151h 24
Devpolicy TalksPNG aid evaluation forum - funding for multilaterals to strengthen PNG's health sectorThis aid evaluation forum on 30 May focused on the evaluation of funding from Australia's bilateral health aid program to multilateral organisations to increase and extend their support to the health sector in PNG. The evaluation was presented by one of its authors - Ian Anderson, an Associate at the Development Policy Centre - and discussed by an expert commentator - Colin Wiltshire, a Research Fellow at the ANU Department of Pacific Affairs. This was followed by closing remarks by Peter Versegi, First Assistant Secretary of DFAT's Office of Development Effectiveness.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of...
2018-06-0134 min
Devpolicy TalksPNG aid evaluation forum - response to the 2015 droughtThis aid evaluation forum on 30 May focused on the evaluation of Australia's response to the drought in PNG in 2015-16. Following opening remarks by Wendy Jarvie, a member of DFAT's Independent Evaluation Committee, the evaluation was presented by one of its authors - Bernard Broughton, an Independent Consultant - and discussed by an expert commentator - Mike Bourke, an Honorary Associate Professor at ANU.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research a...
2018-06-0143 min
Devpolicy Talks2018 Aid budget breakfastFor the sixth edition of Devpolicy's aid budget breakfast on Wednesday 9 May 2018, we expanded our analysis, covering not only the Australian aid budget, but also aid trends in Australia and overseas. Following the eighth straight year of aid cuts, this podcast also looks at how Australia compares to other countries, where the money is going, and more.
Speaker: Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre
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2018-05-111h 00
Devpolicy TalksDecent work in global supply chainsWe are all touched by slavery, according to Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, one of the most decorated federal prosecutors in the United States. Former Ambassador-at-large and senior advisor to the Secretary of State on trafficking in persons, Ambassador CdeBaca built his legislation in to policy, transforming US anti-trafficking efforts and including the voices of victims, workers, and communities in decision-making. In this podcast of a seminar, held at ANU on Monday 26 March 2018, he shares insights from his distinguished career combatting labour exploitation and human trafficking in global supply chains, and discusses decent work as a development and counter-trafficking objective.
2018-03-291h 04
Devpolicy TalksThe social contract, preferences for redistribution, and tax moraleTaxation is central to the social contract between citizens and the state. Yet little research has explored the relationship in developing countries between individual attitudes towards the social contract and perceptions of tax fairness and efficacy.
This recording of a seminar draws on experimental research with informal sector workers in Mexico and a unique survey on taxation and social protection in Myanmar to help advance the debate.
Focusing on individual perceptions, they show that in contexts of high informality and weak state capacity, reciprocity and individual preferences for redistribution shape tax morale. They point to...
2018-01-221h 09
Devpolicy TalksWomen, peace and security: a new global indexDr Jeni Klugman, Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security, Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government’s Women in Public Policy Program, Harvard University; Hon Dr Sharman Stone, Australian Global Ambassador for Women and Girls; Dr Anu Mundkur, ACFID Secondee to the Australian Civil-Military Centre.
Countries are more peaceful and prosperous when women are accorded full and equal rights and opportunity. The new global Women, Peace and Security Index from Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the Peace Research Institute Oslo identifies challenges and opportunities for transformative change.
The inde...
2017-12-151h 10
Devpolicy TalksChina and the United States as aid donors: past and future trajectories - Patrick KilbyThe United States and China have followed nearly parallel paths as providers of foreign aid over the past seven decades. Although both countries’ aid programs were ostensibly aimed at development, both also leveraged their aid programs to further their own national interests, using very different strategies.
The United States has largely provided foreign aid with the aim of stabilising the world order, favouring a patron-client relationship with recipient countries and using aid to promote economic and political liberalisation. China, on the other hand, has used its foreign aid program primarily to strengthen its position as a leader of...
2017-12-041h 01
Devpolicy TalksRobin Davies interviews Gillian MellsopRobin Davies interviews Gillian Mellsop on her career with UNICEF for the Aid Profiles series. Read the full profile at devpolicy.org/aidprofiles.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.You can send us feedback, and ideas for episodes too, t...
2017-11-0233 min
Devpolicy TalksPNG after the elections: politicsIn this podcast, you'll hear a panel discussion on the 2017 Papua New Guinea National Elections. The elections, held in June and July, copped both criticism and praise — but mostly criticism. Ballot box mysteries, corruption allegations, electoral roll issues, unpaid striking polling workers and localised violence dominated news headlines.
Despite all this, and despite the many legal challenges to results yet to be resolved, huge numbers of voters turned out to exercise their democratic right, and a government has formed under returning Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.
Now that the excitement of the vote itself has pass...
2017-10-191h 12
Devpolicy TalksAid paradoxes in Afghanistan: building and undermining the state - Dr Nemat Bizhan.Aid paradoxes in Afghanistan: building and undermining the state.
The relationship between aid and state building is highly complex and the effects of aid on weak states depend on donors’ interests, aid modalities and the recipient’s pre-existing institutional and socio-political conditions. This book argues that, in the case of Afghanistan, the country inherited conditions that were not favourable for effective state building. Although some of the problems that emerged in the post-2001 state building process were predictable, the types of interventions that occurred—including an aid architecture which largely bypassed the state, the subordination of state buildi...
2017-09-1938 min
Devpolicy TalksThe corrupt cannot fight corruption - Sam KoimCorruption is a pernicious societal disease that has devastating consequences that can cripple a nation. Although corruption has become a global challenge, its scale and prevalence in any country depend on how it is being addressed. There are countries that are perceived to be less corrupt as graded by Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perception Index, such as Finland, Denmark and New Zealand, and there are others that were once corrupt, such as Hong Kong and Singapore, that have now become the epitome of the fight against corruption.
In this seminar, Sam Koim will draw from the li...
2017-09-011h 01
Devpolicy TalksWhy forests? Why now? The science, economics, and politics of tropical forests and climate changeTropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting sustainable development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort to reverse tropical deforestation.
Why Forests? Why Now? a new book by Frances Seymour and Jonah Busch, synthesizes the latest research on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone in...
2017-05-181h 31
Devpolicy Talks2017 aid budget breakfastThis year is the first after three years of cuts in which the aid budget is slated to increase – by $84 million. While only enough to keep the aid budget growing with inflation, how will this new money be spent? Health funding has been almost halved in real terms over the last four years. Will the government release information on its long-awaited health security initiative? At this year’s aid budget breakfast, we will also review the 2016 Performance of Australian Aid report and the 2015-16 Aid Program Performance Reports.
Join the morning after the budget for the fifth annu...
2017-05-121h 37
Devpolicy TalksRobin Davies interviews Inge Kaul Pt 2Robin Davies, Associate Director of the Development Policy Centre, interviews German economist Inge Kaul, a leading thinker on global public goods. This interview forms the basis for a blog post (https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdevpolicy.org%2Fpublic-enemies-global-public-goods-in-aid-policy-narratives-20170407%2F and Discussion Paper (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2941164) on the issue of aid policy and global public goods. This is part 2 of the interview, you can find part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/devpolicy/robin-davies-interviews-inge-kaul-pt-1
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2017-04-071h 10
Devpolicy TalksRobin Davies interviews Inge Kaul Pt 1Robin Davies, Associate Director of the Development Policy Centre, interviews German economist Inge Kaul, a leading thinker on global public goods. This interview forms the basis for a blog post (http://devpolicy.org/public-enemies-global-public-goods-in-aid-policy-narratives-20170407/) and Discussion Paper (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2941164) on the issue of aid policy and global public goods.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.e...
2017-04-0756 min
Devpolicy TalksEuropean Union development policy - Stefano ManservisiDevelopment aid from donor countries amounts to more than US $130 billion annually. More than half of that amount comes from European Union nations. However, sustainable development cannot be achieved through aid alone. The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development have underlined the importance of domestic resource mobilisation and investments – both public and private – for sustainable social, environmental, and economic development efforts to take hold. The paradigm has changed and the European Union’s development policy will be adapted within the framework of the European Union Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy in the l...
2017-03-2958 min
Devpolicy TalksWorld Development Report 2017: Governance and the LawSpeakers: James Brumby, The World Bank; Luis Felipe Lopez Calva, The World Bank; Natasha Smith, DFAT; Dr Helen Szoke, Oxfam Australia; and Professor Veronica Taylor, ANU.
The Oceania launch of the World Development Report 2017, including a presentation of the report and a panel discussion, was held on February 14 as a side event to the 2017 Australasian Aid Conference
The World Development Report 2017 on Governance and the Law explores how policies for security, growth and equity can effectively achieve their goals by addressing the underlying drivers of governance.
Building on the traditional concern about implementation...
2017-03-071h 33
Devpolicy TalksThe humanitarian system in crisis - AAC 2017Plenary session, 2017 Australasian Aid Conference
Chair: Stephen Howes, ANU
Speakers: Robin Davies, ANU
Adam Kamradt-Scott, University of Sydney
Phoebe Wynn-Pope, Australian Red Cross
Paul McPhun, Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia
Jamie Isbister, DFAT
The humanitarian aid system is in crisis. It’s a crisis of identity, financing and conduct. Agencies set up to deal with the immediate impacts of traumatic events find themselves have become de facto providers of long-term development assistance to displaced communities. Agencies set up to develop global norms and provide technical assistance to governments are facing pressure to co...
2017-02-281h 31
Devpolicy TalksNow for the hard part: strategies for enhancing state capability for implementation - AAC2017Keynote address, 2017 Australasian Aid Conference, ANU
Speaker: Michael Woolcock, Lead Social Development Specialist, World Bank and Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University
Despite what today’s headlines might convey, life for most people in most developing countries has never been better. This should be rightly celebrated, but improving basic levels of human welfare from a low base was the relatively ‘easy’ part. To consolidate and expand these achievements, the key development challenge remains building the state’s capability to implement incrementally more complex and contentious tasks, at scale (e.g., justice, regulation, taxation, land administration) and those ta...
2017-02-261h 21
Devpolicy TalksRobin Davies interviews Bill ArmstrongFor generations of young Australians with a passion for social justice, volunteering in developing or indigenous communities has been a rite of passage. Bill Armstrong has been deeply involved in this movement since the 1960s, working with organisations such as the Overseas Service Bureau (now Australian Volunteers International), and Indigenous Community Volunteers. Robin Davies discussed his work in an interview for our Aid Profiles series.
View the story here: http://devpolicy.org/aidprofiles/2016/12/12/bill-armstrong-volunteering-with-attitude/
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2016-12-1245 min
Devpolicy Talks2016 PNG Update - Part 2 - ANU-UPNG Research Showcase PodcastIn this podcast, part of a series of talks from the recent PNG Update, you will hear a collection of speeches showcasing the ANU-UPNG Partnership.
In the first part, Nelson Nema, Professor Stephen Howes, Rohan Fox and Dr Manoj Pandey provide an update on PNG’s current economic performance.
Following this are Peter Kanaparo and Dr Grant Walton, with a discussion on the unintended consequences of the PNG Tuition Fee Free policy (TFF).
You can find a link to both presentations at the Devpolicy website (devpolicy.anu.edu.au) under the 2016 PNG Update ta...
2016-12-061h 01
Devpolicy Talks2016 PNG Update - Part 1 - Bruce Davis & Charles Abel PodcastIn this podcast, part of a series of speeches from the recent PNG Update, you will hear Mr. Bruce Davis, Australian High Commissioner to PNG; reflect on the diversity and strategic importance of the AUS – PNG relationship.
Charles Abel, Honorable Minister for National Planning at the PNG Government, also speaks. Abel discusses the importance of PNG’s transition to a sustainable economy, and arguing that the responsible use of renewable resources is essential if PNG is to sustain growth beyond the resource boom.
You can find a link to both speeches at the Devpolicy website (devp...
2016-12-0644 min
Devpolicy TalksRobin Davies interviews Phillip Passmore - Part 2During times of disaster, people naturally want to help. Unfortunately, they sometimes choose to do so in ways that do more harm and create more chaos: like emptying their medicine cabinets of expired goods and shipping them off overseas. Pharmacist Phillip Passmore has helped swamped local health systems deal with dodgy or unneeded drugs in post-tsunami Aceh and much, much more during his fascinating career.
Read our Aid Profile on Phillip here: http://devpolicy.org/aidprofiles/2016/11/07/phillip-passmore-not-your-ordinary-pharmacist/
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2016-11-291h 07
Devpolicy TalksRobin Davies interviews Phillip Passmore - Part 1During times of disaster, people naturally want to help. Unfortunately, they sometimes choose to do so in ways that do more harm and create more chaos: like emptying their medicine cabinets of expired goods and shipping them off overseas. Pharmacist Phillip Passmore has helped swamped local health systems deal with dodgy or unneeded drugs in post-tsunami Aceh and much, much more during his fascinating career.
Read our Aid Profile on Phillip here: http://devpolicy.org/aidprofiles/2016/11/07/phillip-passmore-not-your-ordinary-pharmacist/
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2016-11-2945 min
Devpolicy TalksADB@50: what does the future hold?To help mark the Asian Development Bank’s half-century, a panel of eminent speakers shared their insights on Asia-Pacific development over the past 50 years and the relevance of the institution in current times.
Speakers: Professor Ron Duncan, ANU; Mr Stephen Groff, Vice President, Asian Development Bank; Professor Hal Hill, ANU; Ms Annmaree O’Keeffe AM, Lowy Institute and Dr Matthew Dornan (chair), Deputy Director, Development Policy Centre, ANU.
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2016-11-031h 30
Devpolicy TalksState of the PNG public sector - Mr John Ma'o KaliIn this podcast, Devpolicy welcomes John Ma’o Kali, CMG, OBE, Secretary, Department of Personnel Management, Papua New Guinea Government.
The Papua New Guinea’s Department of Personnel Management plays a critical role as a central agency in the Government’s policy initiatives and implementation of the Public Sector Reforms.
You will hear Mr John Ma’o Kali, Secretary of Papua New Guinea’s Department of Personnel Management, examine the size and shape of the PNG’s public service, the successes and challenges of the PNG’s public sector, and identify areas of priority and reform in publ...
2016-10-2657 min
Devpolicy TalksAn interview with Helen EvansRobin Davies interviews Helen Evans for our Aid Profiles series, discussing her stellar career in global health. Read the full aid profile here: http://devpolicy.org/aidprofiles/2016/10/19/helen-evans-a-decade-on-the-frontiers-of-global-health/
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2016-10-1944 min
Devpolicy TalksTelecommunications regulation in Vanuatu – in conversation with Dalsie BanialaDalsie Baniala is the first ni-Vanuatu to hold the position of Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR). She sat down with Tess Newton Cain to discuss the work of her office and the challenges she and her team are facing, as part of the Pacific Conversations series.
Read a summary of their conversation here: http://devpolicy.org/telecommunications-regulation-in-vanuatu-in-conversation-with-dalsie-baniala-20160809
A full transcript of the podcast can be found here: http://devpolicy.org/pdf/blog/Transcript_Pacific-Conversations-Dalsie-Baniala-Jul2016.pdf
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2016-08-0821 min
Devpolicy TalksLabour Mobility - Pacific PossibleLabour mobility is increasingly recognized as critical for the Pacific island region. But opportunities to migrate are unevenly distributed across the Pacific, which includes both some of the most integrated and some of the most isolated countries in the world.
What could be possible by 2040 if the potential of labour mobility were to be fully realized? What actions can sending and receiving countries take to make this a reality? The new joint ANU-World Bank report Pacific Possible: Labour Mobility answers these questions. It sets out pathways to expand Pacific labour mobility, detailing policy options and requirements for...
2016-08-051h 12
Devpolicy TalksFinancing responses to climate change in the PacificClimate finance and in particular adaptation finance has never been higher on the climate change agenda. The Paris Agreement in December 2015 confirmed the goal of providing US$100 billion each year by 2020 for climate action in developing countries, with balanced allocation between adaptation and mitigation, and agreed to set a new, longer-term collective goal by 2025.
Adaptation finance is of particular relevance for Pacific island countries, which are among the states in the world most vulnerable to climate change. Australia is one of the main providers of assistance for climate change adaptation in the region. Other forms of finance...
2016-07-271h 56
Devpolicy TalksImmigration detention: Australia and its neighboursAustralia currently holds or has contracted other countries to hold 3,052 people in immigration detention, including 50 children in Nauru (data from end March 2016). Most are from developing countries, including Iran, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China and Afghanistan. The Global Detention Project is a Geneva-based non-government organisation formed in 2014 to investigate the use of immigration detention as a response to global migration. The Development Policy Centre’s Associate Director spoke with its Executive Director, Michael Flynn, shortly before the 14 June 2016 launch of the project’s new website and online database at the UN’S Geneva headquarters. Timed to coincide with a meeting of the...
2016-06-1350 min
Devpolicy TalksAustralian aid evaluations: performance of Australian aidThis recording is the first part of our aid evaluations forum held in April 2016. It looks at The Performance of Australian Aid report, which is the government’s own annual report card on the aid program.
Speakers: Mr Scott Dawson, First Assistant Secretary, Contracting and Aid Management Division, DFAT; Professor Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre, ANU
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2016-05-091h 34
Devpolicy TalksPlaying the game: the memoirs of Sir Julius ChanSpeakers: The Hon Sir Julius Chan MP, GCL GCMG KBE CBE, Governor, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea; His Excellency Mr Charles Lepani, Papua New Guinea’s High Commissioner to Australia; Mr Bill Farmer AO, Former Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea.
Born on a remote island to a migrant Chinese father and an indigenous mother, Sir Julius Chan overcame poverty, discrimination and family tragedy to become one of Papua New Guinea’s longest-serving and most influential politicians.
His memoir, 'Playing the Game', is an important autobiography by one of most prominent and influential foun...
2016-03-231h 00
Devpolicy TalksThe cost of conflict: five years of the Syrian crisisSpeakers: Sahar Yassin, Humanitarian Advocacy Lead, World Vision Jordan; Emma Wanchap, Acting Manager of Policy and Government Relations, World Vision Australia; Kevin Boreham, Lecturer, ANU College of Law; Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre.
How do we even begin to think about the scale of the Syrian conflict, when so many lives are endangered every day?
World Vision and Europe’s largest independent economics consultancy, Frontier Economics, released its report 'The Cost of Conflict for Children: Five Years of the Syria Crisis'. Panellists from The Australian National University and World Vision’s Jordan and Melbourne offi...
2016-03-2359 min
Devpolicy TalksAid and refugees in Europe: an interview with Wolfgang JamannOver one million refugees and asylum seekers entered Europe in 2015, and over 100,000 entered in the first two months of 2016 alone, according to IOM estimates. What has the impact been on European aid budgets and policies? In this interview, Camilla Burkot discusses these and related issues with Wolfgang Jamann, Secretary General and CEO of CARE International.
Blog available here: http://devpolicy.org/aid-refugees-europe-interview-wolfgang-jamann-20160309
Full transcript available here: http://devpolicy.org/pdf/blog/Transcript_interview-with-Wolfgang-Jamann-23Feb2016.pdf
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2016-03-0821 min
Devpolicy Talks2015 Survey of the Afghan People Australian LaunchSpeakers: Gordon Hein, Timor Sharan, and Zack Warren, The Asia Foundation; Professor William Maley, Bell School, ANU; and Professor Stephen Howes, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School, ANU.
The findings of The Asia Foundation’s latest Survey of the Afghan People are being released at an important moment for Afghanistan. Crucial questions of security, economic stability, and reconciliation face the administration of President Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah. An atmosphere of increasing civilian casualties and unrest threaten the fragile but significant progress the country has made toward peace and prosperity over the past decade.
The 2015 su...
2016-02-191h 35
Devpolicy TalksCareers in Development 2015Speakers: Ms Kath Taplin, Senior Development Manager, Femili PNG; Mr Nat Burke, Policy Adviser, Advocacy & Justice for Children, World Vision International; Ms Alison Chartres, Assistant Secretary, Development Policy and Education Branch, Development Policy Division, DFAT; Mr Peter Russell, Project Manager, International Development Assistance, GHD.
Many young people are interested in a career working on some of the toughest challenges facing our world. Thousands volunteer in development organisations across the country, and development studies and international relations are among the most popular undergraduate university courses in Australia. Working in a field that aims to make a difference is...
2015-10-231h 04
Devpolicy TalksFunding and furthering the fight against TB: an interview with Lucica DitiuDr Lucica Ditiu is the Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership, a global partnership of more than 1300 partners – ranging from multilaterals to community- and faith-based organisations – with a vision of ending tuberculosis (TB), hosted by UNOPS in Geneva. Camilla Burkot caught up with her during her recent visit to Canberra to talk about funding for TB research, engaging politicians, and what the Stop TB Partnership is doing to combat TB stigma.
Download the transcript here: http://devpolicy.org/pdf/blog/Transcript_interview-with-Lucica-Ditiu-2Sept2015.pdf
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2015-10-1316 min
Devpolicy TalksUniversal rights and quality of life: an interview with Tewodros MelesseTewodros Melesse is the Director-General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, a federation of 152 national member associations, working in 170 countries, focused on achieving universal sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). During a recent visit to Canberra, he spoke with Camilla Burkot about IPPF’s work in the Pacific and around the world.
Transcript available here: http://devpolicy.org/pdf/blog/Transcript_interview-with-TewodrosMelesse-13Aug2015.pdf
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2015-09-1434 min
Devpolicy TalksLegitimate self-interest and the campaign for aid: an interview with Rev Joel EdwardsThe Reverend Dr Joel Edwards is the former International Director of Micah Challenge, a global Christian response to extreme poverty. He recently sat down with Camilla Burkot after a panel discussion at the Crawford School sponsored by the Campaign for Australian Aid, to talk about foreign aid in the UK context, politics, and the importance of getting narratives right.
Transcript available here: http://devpolicy.org/pdf/Transcript_interview-with-Joel-Edwards-3Aug2015.pdf
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2015-08-2417 min
Devpolicy Talks2015 aid budget breakfastLast December, the Coalition announced the largest cuts to the aid budget in the history of the Australian aid program: $1 billion or 20 per cent in a single year. How and where will these savings be made? To what extent will key bilateral partners, such as PNG and Indonesia, be protected – and which countries and regions will experience the brunt of the cuts? Will multilateral and NGO allocations be protected, or savaged? Which sectors will be cut? Will humanitarian aid again be compressed? On Wednesday 13 May, experts delivered detailed analysis and commentary during the third Development Policy Centre 2015 Aid Budget Br...
2015-06-031h 27
Devpolicy TalksPacific conversations with Dame Meg TaylorDuring her first visit to Vanuatu as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Dame Meg Taylor took some time to chat with Tess Newton Cain for Pacific Conversations.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/regionalism-sub-regionalism-and-womens-empowerment-an-interview-with-dame-meg-taylor-20150308/
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2015-06-0316 min
Devpolicy TalksThe future of the Global Fund - an interview with Mark DybulDuring his recent visit to Canberra, Stephen Howes spoke to Dr Mark Dybul, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/the-future-of-the-global-fund-20150223/
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2015-06-0322 min
Devpolicy TalksTourism, regionalism and Niue’s quest for self-sustainability: an interview with Premier Toke TalagiTess reached out across the International Date Line to talk with the Premier of Niue, Toke Talagi.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/tourism-regionalism-and-niues-quest-for-self-sustainability-an-interview-with-premier-toke-talagi-20150129/
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2015-06-0316 min
Devpolicy TalksAn interview with Sir Richard FeachemSir Richard Feachem is Director of the Global Health Group at UCSF Global Health Sciences, Professor of Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley. From 2002 to 2007, Sir Richard served as founding Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Gabriele Bammer is a Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/research-policy-and-the-private-sector-professor-sir-richard-feachem-on-malaria-20150106/
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2015-06-0320 min
Devpolicy TalksAfghanistan 2014: a survey of the Afghan peopleWith the conclusion of the first democratic transition of power in the country’s history and the continuing drawdown of foreign troops, what do the people of Afghanistan think are the most critical issues facing the country?
This survey, based on face-to-face interviews with a nationally representative sample of nearly 9,300 Afghan citizens, reveals their views on security, national reconciliation, the economy, development and essential services, governance and political participation, corruption, justice, gender equality, and access to information. Conducted across the country’s 34 provinces, The Asia Foundation’s series of annual surveys in Afghanistan provides an unmatched barometer of Afg...
2015-06-031h 11
Devpolicy TalksLegal challenges, law reform and legal education – an interview with Lalotoa MulitaloTess Newton Cain and Lalotoa Mulitalo, who is a Law Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific, met recently in Vanuatu. This is a recording of their conversation.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/legal-challenges-law-reform-and-legal-education-an-interview-with-lalotoa-mulitalo-201401204/
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2015-06-0320 min
Devpolicy TalksPolitical instability, the MSG and regional politics – an interview with PM Joe Natuman of VanuatuJoe Nathan is the Prime Minister of Vanuatu. Tess Newton Cain is a Research Associate at the Development Policy Centre.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/political-instability-the-msg-and-regional-politics-an-interview-with-prime-minister-joe-natuman-of-vanuatu-20141113/
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2015-06-0313 min
Devpolicy TalksTelling stories of and for Melanesian women: an interview with Amanda DonigiTess Newton Cain and Amanda Donigi, publisher of Stella magazine, met recently in Vanuatu. This is a recording of their conversation.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/telling-stories-of-and-for-melanesian-women-an-interview-with-amanda-donigi-20140910/
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2015-06-0322 min
Devpolicy TalksPrivate sector partnerships in development: US approachesIn 2012, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) convened the Executive Council on Development—a bipartisan group of leaders from government, business, nongovernmental organisations, and philanthropy—to explore how the US government and private sector can work together to support the economic success of developing countries.
In this public lecture, Daniel F Runde and Anna Saito Carson of the Project on US Leadership in Development at CSIS discussed the Council’s findings and the recommendations of their final report, Our shared opportunity: a vision for global prosperity. The report provides a targeted set of recommendations for the US...
2015-06-0359 min
Devpolicy TalksInequality: should developing countries be worried? An interview with Andrew Leigh MPJonathan Pryke sits down with Andrew Leigh, the Federal Member for Fraser and Shadow Assistant Treasurer.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/inequality-should-developing-countries-be-worried-an-interview-with-andrew-leigh-mp-20140724/
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2015-06-0319 min
Devpolicy TalksStephen O’Brien on the Roll Back Malaria Partnership's role and the challenges of fighting MalariaStephen O’Brien has been a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for nearly 15 years. For two and a half years from 2010 he was a development minister in the Department for International Development. He is currently the UK Prime Minister’s envoy to the Sahel. A few weeks ago Jonathan Pryke sat down with Stephen, who was visiting Canberra in his capacity as the Global Advocate for the Roll back Malaria Partnership (RMP), an area in which he has had a personal passion for more than 30 years. This is a podcast of that interview.
Blog post avai...
2015-06-0333 min
Devpolicy TalksThe Global Partnership for Education: CEO Alice Albright on opportunities and challengesAlice Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), was in Canberra in May to meet with the Australian Government ahead of its upcoming funding replenishment. Ms Albright has a long and distinguished career in finance and development, having worked as a banker, then spending eight years in GAVI until taking the role of COO of Exim Bank from 2009 to 2013. While she was in Canberra Jonathan Pryke sat down with her to talk about GPE, and their mission to Australia.
You can read a summary of their conversation here: http://devpolicy.org/the-global-partnership-for-education-ceo-alice-albright-on-opportunities-and-challenges-20140604
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2015-06-0330 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific conversations with Elise HufferTess Newton Cain sits down with Elise Huffer, culture Adviser for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), where she works on the Human Development Program.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/cultural-economics-elise-huffer-discusses-opportunities-for-the-pacific-20140519/
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2015-06-0319 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific conversations with Colin TukuitongaTess Newton Cain sits down with Colin Tukuitonga the new Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/what-does-the-future-hold-for-spc-an-interview-with-colin-tukuitonga-20140320/
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2015-06-0218 min
Devpolicy TalksPNG’s violence epidemic and the medical response: in conversation with MSF’s Paul BrockmannPaul Brockmann is the outgoing Head of Mission for Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) in Papua New Guinea, focusing on providing medical and psychosocial care for survivors of family and sexual violence. Ashlee Betteridge caught up with Paul during his recent visit to Canberra to discuss MSF’s work in PNG and the challenges facing the health sector more broadly.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/pngs-violence-epidemic-and-the-medical-response-in-conversation-with-msfs-paul-brockmann-20140402/
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2015-06-0227 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific conversations with Astrid BoulekoneTess Newton Cain sits down with Astrid Boulekone, General Manager of the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Blog available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations-private-sector-development-in-vanuatu-with-astrid-boulekone-20140306/
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2015-06-0221 min
Devpolicy Talks2014 AAIDP Workshop - Roger Riddell - Does aid really work?Roger Ridell is an associate at Oxford Policy Management and is a development and aid specialist with some 40 years’ experience. His 2008 book Does Foreign Aid Really Work? was the first attempt in more than 20 years to survey the evidence around whether aid actually works. Roger’s keynote address provided an updated assessment on aid’s impact, discussed what impact we ought to expect aid to have and outlined ways in which its impact could be improved.
A summary blog of his speech, which includes links to a full transcript and related discussion paper, is available here: http://devpol...
2015-06-0247 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific conversations with Kolone VaaiTess Newton Cain sits down with Kolone Vaai, Principal Consultant at KVAConsult Ltd and former Financial Secretary for the Government of Samoa (1984-1990).
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations-the-economy-of-samoa-with-kolone-vaai-20140122/
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2015-06-0223 min
Devpolicy TalksInterview with Daisy Plana on family and sexual violence survivors in PNGAshlee Betteridge sits down with Daisy Plana to discuss her new role as the Senior Social Worker and first CEO of the PNG Family and Sexual Violence Case Management Centre (CMC).The CMC is a newly registered NGO, currently in the set-up phase.
Blog available here: http://devpolicy.org/moving-beyond-the-medical-for-family-and-sexual-violence-survivors-in-png-20131212/
You can read about the rationale for the CMC here: http://devpolicy.org/responding-to-family-and-sexual-violence-in-png-the-case-for-a-case-management-centre-20130711/
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2015-06-0223 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific Conversations with Odo TeviTess Newton Cain sits down with Odo Tevi, who was Governor of the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu for the last 15 years, to discuss the Vanuatu economy.
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/in-conversation-with-odo-tevi-on-the-vanuatu-economy-20131329/
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2015-06-0220 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific Conversations with Katy Le RoyTess Newton Cain sits down with Katy Leroy, a constitutional lawyer who has lived on Nauru for seven years. Until very recently she was Parliamentary Counsel for Nauru with responsibility for drafting legislation and advising the Speaker of Parliament and parliamentary committees.
A full transcript of the interview is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/6.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Katy%20Le%20Roy.docx
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/nauru-politics-asylum-seekers-more-20130920/
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2015-06-0224 min
Devpolicy TalksAn interview with Duncan GreenOxfam's Duncan Green speaks with Devpolicy's Associate Director Robin Davies about the realities of doing development in complex systems.
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.You can send us feedback, and ideas for episodes too, to devpolicy@anu.edu.a...
2015-06-0206 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific Conversations with Tara ChettyTess Newton Cain sits down with Tara Chetty program director at the FIji Women's Rights Movements.
A full transcript of the interview is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/5.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Tara%20Chetty.docx
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/tara-chetty-fiji-democracy-and-womens-rights-20130806/
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2015-06-0221 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific Conversations with Francis HermanTess Newton Cain sits down with Francis Herman, Program Manager of the regional Pacific Media Assistance program (PACMAS) and a highly experienced media professional to give his assessment of the media landscape of the Pacific region.
A full transcript of the interview is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/4.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Francis%20Herman%20.docx
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2015-06-0235 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific conversations - interview with Sina RetzlaffDevpolicy Research Associate Tess Newton Cain sits down with Sina Retzlaff, Samoa country representative for the Pacific Leadership Program.
A full transcript is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/3.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Sina%20Retzlaff.docx
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/in-conversation-with-sina-retzlaff-20130522-2/
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2015-06-0130 min
Devpolicy TalksPacific conversations - interview with Sir Mekere MorautaDevpolicy Research Associate Tess Newton Cain sits down with Sir Mekere Morauta, Review Leader of the 2013 Pacific Plan Review.
A full transcript is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/2.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Sir%20Mekere%20Morauta.doc
Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/in-conversation-with-sir-mekere-morauta-20130408/
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2015-06-0112 min
Devpolicy TalksInterview with Peter Forau on the Melanesian Spearhead GroupDevpolicy Research Associate Tess Newton Cain sits down with Peter Forau, Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat, discussing their successes throughout 25 years of operation.
A full transcript is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/1.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Peter%20Forau.docx
A blog post is available here: http://devpolicy.org/peter-forau-on-why-the-melanesian-spearhead-group-is-a-success-20130305/
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.a...
2015-06-0155 min
Devpolicy TalksStephen Howes interviews Michael ClemensIn this podcast Devpolicy Director Stephen Howes sits down with Michael Clemens, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Development and migration expert. The main topics covered were:
The US Seasonal Workers Program
Skilled vs. unskilled migration
Fostering skilled migration
The Australia Pacific Technical College
Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn a...
2015-06-0129 min
Devpolicy TalksTimor-Leste and the New Deal for Engagement in fragile statesTimor-Leste, which gained its independence in 2002, is one of the world's youngest countries. Born out of a history of violence and poverty, in recent years Timor-Leste has experienced both social stability and rapid growth, and its development prospects have strengthened considerably.
Timor-Leste has also been a pioneer in establishing the g7+, a group of 17 fragile states, which was formed in 2010 as a country-owned
and country-led global mechanism to monitor, report and draw attention to the unique challenges faced by fragile states. The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States represents the first time in history that...
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