Devpolicy Talks

Devpolicy Talks


Latest Episodes

The gains and pains of working away from home
July 07, 2024

Development Policy Centre Deputy Director Ryan Edwards and Dung Doan, an Economist in the World Bank's Social Protection and Jobs team explain how the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey was a comprehensiv

Helder Lopes on governing Timor-Leste’s financial sector
June 14, 2024

Helder Lopes, Governor of Timor-Lestes Central Bank, spoke with Robin Davies when he visited Australia in May 2024 under the Special Visits Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

MSF’s Dr Christos Christou on the shrinking of the humanitarian space
May 30, 2024

Dr Christos Christou, International President of Mdecins sans Frontires (MSF), spoke with Robin Davies when he visited Canberra to meet senior government figures and speak at both the National Press

2024 aid budget analysis
May 17, 2024

Professor Stephen Howes and Dr Cameron Hill expand on Devpol's 2024 budget breakfast to give an update on recent developments in aid volume and performance, plus upcoming multilateral replenishments.

IFAD and smallholder agriculture in the Asia-Pacific
May 02, 2024

Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, together with his colleague Ron Hartman, spoke with Robin Davies when they visited Australia in March 2024 to encourage

Can the world’s governments agree on a better framework for pandemic response?
April 18, 2024

Helen Clark sat down with Robin Davies on her March 2024 visit to the Australian National University to talk about whether governments and global institutions are ready to change the way they respond

2021 aid budget breakfast
May 20, 2021

Professor Stephen Howes presents Devpolicys analysis of the 2021 aid budget and what it means for Australia, for the region and for the development sector.

Worsening employment outcomes for Pacific technical graduate job-seekers, and one possible solution
April 08, 2021

Analysis of graduate tracer surveys show that employment outcomes for APTC graduates have worsened.

Change and continuity in Australian aid: what the aid flows show
March 22, 2021

New analysis of Australian aid flows provides vital clues in the puzzle of understanding donor performance.

Timor-Leste: 2021 economic survey
March 18, 2021

Timor-Leste is one of the most petroleum-export dependent countries in the world. However, oil and gas revenues will end soon, and the Petroleum Fund may only carry the country for another decade. Tim