There are problems with foreign aid, but Bishop has solved none of them
An “overhaul” of Australia’s foreign aid program is largely not new, and fundamentally fails to address the difficult questions on how to make aid more effective. Aid analyst Thulsi Narayanasamy unpacks the policy.
Pacific Aid from Australia protected for now
AidWatch’s Thulsi Narayanasamy speaks to Radio New Zealand about cuts to Australia’s aid programme and the lack of transparency since the aid programme has been integrated into the Foreign Affairs Department.
AidWorks 23rd April 2014. A panel discussion on the role of the national interest in aid programs
Why do nations give aid? Is it to help alleviate poverty, or to show goodwill to those less fortunate? Is it to increase global peace and security or as a way of influencing the nations receiving aid? There are a multitude of reasons that influence both why and how...Australian government cuts foreign aid budget
Thulsi Narayanasamy, Director of AidWatch, talks to radio RRR FM about Australia’s foreign aid policy and recently announced cuts to the foreign aid budget.
Aid/Watch’s Matt Hilton ADB’s report into Cambodian rail repair project
AidWatch talks to radio 2SER about a scathing report into the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that has found its $143 million project to repair Cambodia’s rail system has left hundreds of impoverished families worse off.