Afghanistan: what has been achieved?
As troops withdraw and aid declines, this is a critical period of transition for Afghanistan. At this forum, the speakers questioned what has been achieved to date. The event also included the Austral...
2 Jun 20151h 35min
Interview with Daisy Plana on family and sexual violence survivors in PNG
Ashlee Betteridge sits down with Daisy Plana to discuss her new role as the Senior Social Worker and first CEO of the PNG Family and Sexual Violence Case Management Centre (CMC).The CMC is a newly reg...
2 Jun 201523min
Economics of climate change in the Pacific
The Pacific region is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, which carry the risk of significant economic costs. The Asian Development Bank’s report on the economics of climate chan...
2 Jun 201555min
Syria - responding to the humanitarian challenge of a generation on the brink
The unfolding crisis in Syria has left more than eight million people displaced from their homes. Cut off from vital services, desperately in need of water, food and health care, today an entire gener...
2 Jun 201526min
Pacific Conversations with Odo Tevi
Tess Newton Cain sits down with Odo Tevi, who was Governor of the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu for the last 15 years, to discuss the Vanuatu economy. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/in-conve...
2 Jun 201520min
Are the Asia and Pacific small states different from other small states
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards relative to other small states due to their small populations, geographica...
2 Jun 20151h 27min
The challenges of aid dependency and economics for Africa and the Pacific
After decades of poor economic performance, Africa is doing much better, with higher economic growth. Why? What role did aid play? And what are the lessons for the Pacific? Jim Adams knows both Africa...
2 Jun 20151h 2min
Are international organisations up to the challenge of providing global public goods for development
The most serious problems that developing countries face are increasingly international in nature. Climate change, water scarcity, communicable diseases, food insecurity and the depletion of forests a...
2 Jun 20151h 21min
