Goals for people - a review of post-2015 proposals, and some suggestions
Until recently, discussions on a new post-2015 framework to succeed the Millennium Development Goals mostly revolved around general principles or else very particular features of a possible landscape....
2 Jun 20151h 3min
Child protection in Afghanistan
Decades of conflict have eroded the physical and social fabric of Afghanistan, with severe impacts on the lives of children. Kerry Boland, consultant to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and...
2 Jun 201558min
Election forum on Australian aid
Australia’s aid program has increased massively over the last decade, but its future is unclear, and aid policy has become controversial. The Labor Government has repeatedly delayed its target to lift...
2 Jun 20151h 33min
Perspectives in global development - industrial policies in a changing world
Since the mid-1990s, economic growth rates in large and populous middle-income countries have substantially outpaced those in OECD countries. This has reshaped the global economy and favoured converge...
2 Jun 201558min
Value for money in aid
Aid agencies increasingly stress the importance of value for money, but what does this mean, and might a managerial focus on results actually undermine aid effectiveness, or simply result in aid confu...
2 Jun 201552min
Texts, tweets and social change - how can communications contribute to development
Over the past decade, the world has witnessed a digital revolution and its impacts have not been limited to those living in wealthy countries. By 2014, it is predicted there will be more active mobile...
2 Jun 20151h 21min
Pacific Conversations with Tara Chetty
Tess Newton Cain sits down with Tara Chetty program director at the FIji Women's Rights Movements. A full transcript of the interview is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/5.%2...
2 Jun 201521min
Pacific Conversations with Francis Herman
Tess Newton Cain sits down with Francis Herman, Program Manager of the regional Pacific Media Assistance program (PACMAS) and a highly experienced media professional to give his assessment of the medi...
2 Jun 201535min
