Regardless of your view of US President Donald Trump, it is undeniable that his record of using his particular style of personalist and populist politics to bend the established norms, institutions and administrative machinery of the US state to his will has been much more successful during his second term than during his first. In ... Read moreDisclosure This research was undertaken with the support of the Gates Foundation. The views are those of the author only. About the author/s Cameron ...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
This is the third article in the four-part Beyond aid: new directions in development finance series on the key debates at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), which was held in Seville, Spain in June 2025. FfD4 offered many reminders of how far the global development finance architecture has shifted in the ... Read moreDisclosure This series is based on research funded by the Asia Foundation. The views expressed are those of the authors only. About the auth...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
Pandemic preparedness must be at the forefront of political attention globally. Every country — low-, middle- and high-income — must be actively preparing for the risk of another pandemic. But preparedness cannot happen in isolation. A key element of preparedness is global cooperation, ensuring no country is left behind when the next pandemic strikes. The ... Read moreAbout the author/s Michel Kazatchkine Michel Kazatchkine is a member of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness a...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
On 4 June 2025, with the support of the Shifting the Power Coalition and ActionAid Australia, I had the honour of presenting a heartfelt testimonial about our work at the Hauskuk Initiative — through the power of poetry — during a high-level, multi-stakeholder plenary session titled “Leave No One Behind” at the 8th Session of ... Read moreAbout the author/s Naomi Woyengu Naomi Woyengu is the Founder and Executive Director of the Hauskuk Initiative Association based in Madang, PNG, whi...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
Kanji Watanabe, the senior Japanese bureaucrat who is the central character in Akira Kurosawa’s movie Ikiru, learns he has terminal cancer. After decades of stamping meaningless files, he realises he has achieved nothing satisfactory in his life. In one harrowing scene, he sits in the dark while his son and daughter-in-law discuss his death, not with ... Read moreAbout the author/s Galib Mahmud Pasha Galib Mahmud Pasha is a postgraduate student at the Australian National University. He is ...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
This is the second post in the four-part Beyond aid: new directions in development finance series on the key debates at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), which was held in Seville, Spain during June 2025. One of the central issues at FfD4 was the mounting international debt crisis. The OECD estimates ... Read moreDisclosure This series is based on research funded by the Asia Foundation. The views expressed are those of the authors only. About the author/...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
In Indonesia, every president carries a nickname reflecting how they wish to be remembered or how their supporters choose to frame them. Sukarno, the nation’s first president, is still celebrated as the Father of Proclamation for his role in declaring independence. Suharto, who followed him, became known as the Father of Development as well as ... Read moreAbout the author/s Garry Rosario da Gama Garry Rosario da Gama is a PhD student at Crawford School of Public Policy. His research is foc...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
When Cameron Hill posted a link to this year’s Australian aid attitudes blog on LinkedIn, a commenter suggested the data showed that support for aid was rising over time. As I read that I thought to myself, “you’re seeing things”. Needless to say, I was wrong. They weren’t seeing things. I was missing them. Bar ... Read moreDisclosure This research was undertaken with the support of the Gates Foundation. The views represent those of the authors only. About the author/s Terence Wood...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
Most of the energy at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development was found at the side events.| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
The notion of “locally led development” should be reserved for leader-led development through local communities, civil society, churches, small businesses and Indigenous NGOs; something that pre-exists and endures independently of external aid, regardless of the benefits it derives from such aid. DFAT released its Guidance Note on Locally Led Development last year to critical acclaim, ... Read moreAbout the author/s Mark Moran Mark Moran PhD is a development effectiveness analyst, writer ...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
Australian aid Australia has been supported by over 100 other countries at the 80th United Nations General Assembly session in New York at the launch of a new global Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel. Foreign Minister Penny Wong also announced $15 million in funding to support “new, concrete measures to keep humanitarian personnel ... Read moreDisclosure Material for this update has been collected by Devpol staff; editorial responsibility lies with Cameron Hill. Devpo...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
The Murder in the Pacific series reveals wider truths about the sustainability and impact of aid projects, says Gordon Peake.| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
Strengthening online safety and security is essential to ensure digitalisation benefits all Timorese citizens, say Tim Mann and Juvita Pereira Faria.| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
On a visit to Berlin, the new British prime minister may look at Chancellor Olaf Scholz as a cautionary tale.| POLITICO
IAEA chief says he is “extremely concerned” about safety at the Zaporizhzhia facility.| POLITICO
Far right rioters have targeted mosques and other buildings following the killing of three young girls in Southport last Monday.| POLITICO
