by Nematullah Bizhan The international community has played a significant role in Afghanistan since 2001, which can be delineated into three distinct phases. The period from 2001 to 2018 is...
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Stop the see-saw: how to address conflict in the PNG Highlands
by Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth A question commonly asked about the inter-group conflict currently occurring in the PNG Highlands is whether or not it represents the continuation of...
Science says Tuvalu will drown within decades; the reality is worse
by Niuone Eliuta Tuvalu, a picturesque island nation nestled in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is currently grappling with a relentless onslaught of storm surges and towering waves, wreaking...
Impacts of the Taliban’s ban on women’s work and education
by Matiullah Qazizada 9 February 2024 Upon reclaiming power, the Taliban banned girls from schools above year six and women from work, with few exceptions, such as in the health sector. These...
Stumbling giant: Germany cuts aid
by Cameron Hill As far as foreign aid goes, Germany stands as one of the world’s giants. In 2022, Germany was the OECD’s second largest donor by volume, after the US, and was the EU’s largest...
Opportunity lost and damaged: new climate fund replicates failures of the past
In what looked like an early win for COP28, an agreement was reached on day 1 on the set-up of a new Loss and Damage Fund to help nations recover from climate change. So far US$429 million has been...
Bangladesh + 2 more
Yesterday’s crisis: Australia cuts aid to Rohingya refugees
by Stephen Howes24 October 2023 Recently on this blog, Arunn Jegan, former head of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) in Bangladesh, wrote about how the “nightmare scenario has...
Fiji + 6 more
The path towards inclusive social protection for people with disabilities in the Pacific
by Charles Knox-Vydmanov and Alexandre Cote Social protection systems currently play a limited role in supporting people with disabilities across much of the globe. While some countries achieve broad...
PNG + 1 more
Is climate aid to PNG increasing?
by Alyssa Leng There is no doubt that climate finance is urgently needed around the world. Despite this, progress has to date been slow in Papua New Guinea – the largest country in the Pacific, the...
Aid localisation amidst revolution in Myanmar
by Tamas Wells, Anne Décobert and Anonymous Myanmar author In revolutions, citizens push to overthrow the power of unpopular and unjust leaders. Yet in these contexts, it is often the case that other...
Afghans stave off starvation in the face of economic sanctions
by Abdulkader Sinno Nearly twenty million Afghans — half the population — are experiencing hunger and the country may face outright famine this coming winter. The only way to avert mass starvation is...
World + 4 more
The human rights effect of economic sanctions
by Dursun Peksen Economic sanctions have assumed a prominent role in global politics since the turn of the twenty-first century. With a lack of public support for military interventions, policymakers...
Reflecting on the 20th anniversary of RAMSI in Solomon Islands
by Transform Aqorau A significant milestone in the history of Solomon Islands and the South Pacific was marked this week, on 24 July 2023. It was the 20th anniversary of the start of the Regional...
How to address escalating violence in PNG
by Miranda Forsyth, William Kipongi and Philip Gibbs There is currently a serious problem with tribal fighting and gang violence in some of the Highland provinces of Papua New Guinea. In many areas,...
Climate finance from the World Bank: pluses and minuses
by Alyssa Leng Multilateral development banks (MDBs) made 45% of all climate finance commitments between 2013 and 2021. Among them, the World Bank is far and away the single largest provider of...
PNG + 5 more
Maximising the impact of Australia’s scarce water and sanitation aid
by Tanvi Oza and Fraser Goff New analysis undertaken by WaterAid shows funding to water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is at its lowest levels since the SDGs began. Focusing on OECD...
A loss and damage fund: two big challenges
by Cameron Hill One of the biggest changes in how global climate finance is conceptualised and delivered is currently being considered by a select, UN-convened committee that includes Australia. A...
Dengue: is Africa ready to respond?
by Leo Braack Dengue is the fastest spreading infectious disease in the world. Around 70% of cases are currently found in Asia, but prevalence elsewhere is increasing due to anthropogenic factors...
World + 1 more
Collision course: Australia’s flatlining aid and its climate finance commitments
by Fiona Ryan Recent data shows that official development assistance (ODA, “aid”) is increasingly being spent as a form of climate finance. The OECD reported that climate finance increased from 21.7%...
World + 1 more
Aiming for the top ten: Korea’s aid
by Cameron Hill Not content with its status as a global soft-power juggernaut and with joining the club of advanced rich countries from the ranks of developing economies in the space of just a few...