Last night the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its preliminary data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending by the 31 country members of its Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in the 2023 calendar year. Once again, total aid from these donors has...
Category - Global aid issues
March 2024 aid news
Our monthly update of news and analysis on aid and international development, with a focus on Australian aid. Australian aid The Albanese government has joined several other Western donors and announced that it will lift its temporary suspension of $6 million in funding to the UN Relief and Works...
Future fragmented: revisiting Cold War aid
The Australia in the World “Year in Review” podcast recently identified “fragmentation” as its word of the year for 2023. Highlighting the impact of intensifying strategic competition on global trade, investment, and technology flows, host Darren Lim and former senior official and analyst Richard...
Pooled funding supports best practices in UN development work
The United Nations’ member states are currently discussing the next iteration of the UN funding compact, the high-level agreement aimed at raising the level of core funding for the UN’s development work to enhance the implementation of Agenda 2030. Following these discussions, a proposal for the...
Women working in and sustaining agriculture worldwide
Women are reported to make up around 43 per cent of the agricultural labour force globally. Their...
February 2024 aid news
Our monthly update of news and analysis on aid and international development, with a focus on...
A book on economic growth for everyone
How did the world become rich? It took a long time for me to fully internalise the gravity of this...
Science says Tuvalu will drown within decades; the reality is...
Tuvalu, a picturesque island nation nestled in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is currently...
Stumbling giant: Germany cuts aid
As far as foreign aid goes, Germany stands as one of the world’s giants. In 2022, Germany was the...
January 2024 aid news
Australian aid During her recent visit to the Middle East, foreign minister Penny Wong announced an...