PNG aid evaluation forum: drought, roads and health


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Nick Turner UNDP (PNG)PNG is Australia’s largest aid recipient, receiving over $500 million a year in development assistance. In the last few months, a number of evaluations have been published of various, important Australian aid projects in PNG, including: the response to the drought of 2015; support for the roads sector; and funding for multilateral organisations to strengthen PNG’s health sector.

This forum will bring the authors of those evaluations together with expert commentators to discuss the findings of these evaluations, their robustness, and the implications for the Australian aid program.

The forum is presented as part of the Development Policy Centre’s PNG Project, which receives funding from the Australian Aid Program through the Pacific Governance and Leadership Precinct.

Speakers: Wendy Jarvie, Adjunct Professor, School of Business, UNSW Canberra;  Ian Anderson, Associate, Development Policy Centre, ANU; Mike Bourke, Honorary Associate Professor, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU; Bernard Broughton, Independent Consultant; Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre, ANU; David Slattery , Director, Office of Development Effectiveness, DFAT; Colin Wiltshire
Research Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU.

 

Cleo Fleming

Cleo Fleming was a program officer at the Development Policy Centre. She has a Master of International Development from RMIT University.

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