According to its website, Irish Aid delivers results for poor people and provides value for money. So where does hiring a limousine for Jeff Sachs, the US economist famed for his work on the impact of globalisation on developing countries, fit into the equation? Irish...
Last week The National – one of Papua New Guinea’s major newspapers – featured a full page advertisement attacking the AusAID-funded legal adviser to Bougainville, Anthony Regan, who is also a fellow at the Australian National University.Written by...
This will provide an opportunity to foster a more critical understanding of the impacts and assumptions of development and inequality and the role Australia plays. Each month speakers discuss a topical issue related to aid and development, and the broader global...
AusAID has recently suspended its scholarships program in Afghanistan, pending investigation of fraud allegations in the program. GRM International, one of the largest private managing contractors in the world, was stripped of its management of the program, and the...
Article originally appeared in Crikey By Matt Hilton AusAID has recently suspended its scholarships program in Afghanistan, pending investigation of fraud allegations in the program. GRM International, one of the largest private managing contractors in the world, was...
Hosting the country’s president Thein Sein, Ms Gillard praised the ”extraordinary” progress towards democracy of Burma, also known as Myanmar.At a joint press conference with Mr Thein, she announced that Australia would lift some restrictions on...
