Opinions on the NRL bid are divided along gender lines with more women opposing the deal, says Anna Kapil and Stephen Howes.
New research examines DFAT's support for local leaders and coalitions as drivers of developmental change across the Pacific ...
The region's path to security and independence does not run through the rubble of Gaza, says Ro Naulu Mataitini.
The DAC's 2025 peer review finds Australia's aid program underfunded and overloaded with objectives, with past recommendations largely unimplemented.
Gender inequality has long been a major social concern in the Pacific, with persistent disparities in employment, political representation and leadership. Australia, by contrast, ranks among the world ...
The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University.
The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University.
Although the Trump administration is now attempting to walk back some of the most obviously murderous aspects of its aid freeze, its ramifications remain: the damage already done, the effects on work ...
The Pacific Labour Mobility Survey (PLMS) covers households in three Pacific countries – Tonga, Kiribati and Vanuatu – and workers in Australia’s Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) and Pacific Labour ...
Polling is over in Solomon Islands. There might be recounts. And there will certainly be electoral petitions in which losers challenge results in court. But that’s all for the future. For now, results ...
The Pacific Islands Forum and its secretariat is a complex bureaucracy that will take any individual at least a year to understand. It is a political organisation that continually works to balance the ...
Foreign aid was increased by 4% over what had been projected last year to bring the 2024-25 aid budget to $4.961 billion, virtually unchanged from the (inflation-adjusted) 2023-24 level of $4.900 ...