The case of water sector reform in Lebanon
This seminar will discuss some of the compounded challenges of implementing a donor-driven reform and water resources management in Lebanon, a paradigmatic fragile, politically and socially divided, a...
2 Aug 20161h 1min
Financing responses to climate change in the Pacific
Climate finance and in particular adaptation finance has never been higher on the climate change agenda. The Paris Agreement in December 2015 confirmed the goal of providing US$100 billion each year b...
26 Jul 20161h 56min
Going beyond ‘politics matters’ in international development
That politics has a defining influence over development prospects is now broadly accepted amongst leading development theorists and agencies alike. However, there is less agreement over which forms of...
7 Jul 20161h 3min
Towards an integrated labour migration strategy in our Pacific neighbourhood
In this public lecture delivered on 2 June 2016, Professor Richard Bedford takes a long-term perspective, looking both backwards and forwards, at Pacific migration and the approach of Australia and Ne...
16 Jun 20161h 12min
Immigration detention: Australia and its neighbours
Australia currently holds or has contracted other countries to hold 3,052 people in immigration detention, including 50 children in Nauru (data from end March 2016). Most are from developing countries...
13 Jun 201650min
New approaches to tackling gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea
Speakers: Anna Solomon, Secretary, Department for Community Development and Religion, PNG; Denga Ilave, Operations Manager for Femili PNG; Kymberley Kepore, Chief Executive Officer of the Oil Search F...
25 Mai 20161h 24min
University reform in Papua New Guinea: the Unitech experience
Speaker: Dr Albert Schram, Vice-Chancellor of Papua New Guinea’s University of Technology. Despite its age, the PNG university system is not yet mature. The challenges regarding the quantity and relia...
25 Mai 20161h 11min
Australian aid evaluations: Australia Awards scholarships and women's leadership
This discussion focused on the recent Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE) evaluation report, Building Women’s Leadership: the contribution of Australia Award...
8 Mai 20161h 23min
