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Buai (betel nut) vendor, Alotau market (Jim/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The World Bank’s “Reinforcing Resilience” report

January 10, 2018
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by Marcel Schröder
Availability of quality higher education by income (Phil Baty, Times Higher Education)

Fortnightly links: voluntourism, WHO and WB, cash transfers, UK aid, and more

June 2, 2017
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by Camilla Burkot, Terence Wood
Julie Bishop speaking at AAC 2017

9 highlights from the 2017 Australasian Aid Conference

February 23, 2017
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by Camilla Burkot, Anthea Mulakala
Strengthening PFM in Pacific island countries - report cover (World Bank/DFAT/MFAT/ODI)

Lessons from public financial management reforms in the Pacific

January 23, 2017
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by Nematullah Bizhan
Laos: nutritious meals are bringing more children to school (Flickr/World Bank/Bart Verweij CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

How to maintain momentum on nutrition and early childhood development

December 5, 2016
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by Mark Rice
Pacific Possible: Labour Mobility report cover clip

Labour mobility in the Pacific is worth 80% of Pacific GDP

August 12, 2016
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by Stephen Howes, Richard Curtain, Matthew Dornan, Jesse Doyle

Fortnightly links: aid stinginess, neoliberalism, Vanuatu, Prof Jolie-Pitt, fairy dust financing, and more

June 3, 2016
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by Camilla Burkot, Terence Wood
Jim Adams presenting at the 2015 PNG Update

Private sector reservations and policies

July 24, 2015
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by Jim Adams

Policy choices matter, even for the resource-rich

July 23, 2015
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by Jim Adams
Mining, resettlement and lost livelihoods (photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/OxfamAus)

Mining, resettlement and lost livelihoods: a case study from Mozambique

July 21, 2015
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by Serena Lillywhite
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