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The gains and pains of working away from home
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
New analysis of Australian aid flows provides vital clues in the puzzle of understanding donor performance.
Timor-Leste: 2021 economic survey
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