The rise of inequality and the new economic development consensus
Inequality is on the rise globally and in Australia. The richest 85 people own the same wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion people. World leaders and global economic institutions are increasingly raisin...
3 Juni 20151h 1min
Political instability, the MSG and regional politics – an interview with PM Joe Natuman of Vanuatu
Joe Nathan is the Prime Minister of Vanuatu. Tess Newton Cain is a Research Associate at the Development Policy Centre. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/political-instability-the-msg-and...
3 Juni 201513min
Careers in development
Many young people are interested in a career in international development. Thousands volunteer in development organisations across the country, and development studies and international relations are ...
3 Juni 20151h 32min
Voice and agency: empowering women and girls for shared prosperity
Voice and Agency: empowering women and girls for shared prosperity is a major new report by the World Bank that shines a spotlight on the value of empowerment, the patterns of constraints that limit t...
3 Juni 20151h 42min
Securitisation of aid and NGOs post-9/11
In this public seminar, Dr Jude Howell, Professor of International Development at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), argued that the securitisation of NGOs post-9/11 has raised bo...
3 Juni 20151h
Poverty in Asia: a deeper look
Based on Key Indicators 2014, a flagship publication of the Asian Development Bank, this presentation argued that conventional wisdom on poverty measurement fails to consider significant challenges of...
3 Juni 201551min
Telling stories of and for Melanesian women: an interview with Amanda Donigi
Tess Newton Cain and Amanda Donigi, publisher of Stella magazine, met recently in Vanuatu. This is a recording of their conversation. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/telling-stories-of-...
3 Juni 201522min
Putting our money where our mouths are? Donations to NGOs and support for foreign aid in Australia
When they are surveyed, Australians appear to be supportive of aid work. Yet beyond the presence of nominal, high-level support, little is known about the nature of their support for aid, or the type ...
3 Juni 201555min
