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ICYMI - Devpolicy Blog is now publishing on Saturdays due to the high volume of quality submissions received. Check out the latest: Building a support system for victims of violence in PNG’s Jiwaka province by Yasin Kamran devpolicy.org/building-a-sup… #EndGBV #PNG #genderequality

Event alert! 📢 Devpolicy's annual aid budget breakfast - Wednesday 13 May at 9am Register now for our online briefing the morning after the budget. Sign up and share with your colleagues: events.devpolicy.org/20260513 #AustralianAid #AidAndDevelopment

“Now, the vexed question is, ‘who can vote?’” says @MaclellanNic. “There’s no agreement on what changes — if any — should be made on voting rights [in New Caledonia], and [French] Prime Minister Lecornu has decided to proceed without consensus.” devpolicy.org/after-bougival…

“A referral pathway … is whether help actually leads somewhere,” says Yasin Karan from @MSF. “Whether a woman in crisis meets someone trained, discreet & ready to act, or is left to carry her trauma … until exhaustion, fear or shame takes over.” devpolicy.org/building-a-sup…

🚨Last Chance! Join us today as Terence Wood presents “Is it possible to predict election outcomes in Papua New Guinea? Testing the Hegarty Rule” ⏰1 May, 12.30-1.30pm PGT / AEST 📍In person @CrawfordSeminar7 or #UPNG or Zoom 📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/20260501

"[The real value of data] comes from careful analysis that shows where problems are most severe, who is being left behind & which policy responses are most likely to work," say Christopher Hoy, Diana Contreras Suarez & Kushneel Prakash from Uni of Melb. devpolicy.org/data-analytics…

Our @devpolicy monthly aid news is out now! Catch up on the latest in AID. ❇️ 🇦🇺 Gov and fuel crisis impacts ❇️ OECD releases 2025 preliminary data on ODA ❇️ New books: Trump shredding USAID + Perspectives on Gender and Development from 🇦🇺 & the Pacific devpolicy.org/april-2026-aid…

🚨Registration closing soon! Join us as Terence Wood presents “Is it possible to predict election outcomes in Papua New Guinea? Testing the Hegarty Rule” ⏰1 May, 12.30-1.30pm PGT / AEST 📍In person @CrawfordSeminar7 or #UPNG or Zoom 📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/20260501

“If left unaddressed, the treaty may fall short of capturing how disasters are actually experienced by millions of people worldwide,” says Thomas Mulder and Jane McAdam from UNSW Sydney. “For the Pacific, this gap is particularly consequential.” devpolicy.org/pacific-needs-…

Read the full @anudpa discussion paper: hdl.handle.net/1885/733808595

“The true measure of nationhood is not whether people can leave, but whether they can imagine a future at home without feeling left behind,” says Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa. devpolicy.org/people-belongi…

“The lack of consequences for sustained attacks on the UN in Gaza has emboldened adoption of the same patterns in Lebanon, incl attacks on healthcare, food systems, humanitarian personnel & journalists & dangerous disinformation campaigns,” says Amra Lee. devpolicy.org/defending-huma…

🚨Registration Join us as Terence Wood presents “Is it possible to predict election outcomes in Papua New Guinea? Testing the Hegarty Rule” ⏰1 May, 12.30-1.30pm PGT / AEST 📍In person @CrawfordSeminar7 or #UPNG or Zoom 📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/20260501

“The Indonesian Ministry of Finance has attempted to steer local budgets toward environmental priorities using soft fiscal instruments,” say Rifky Pratama Wicaksono and Muhammad Rafi Bakri. devpolicy.org/its-time-to-ma…

In this @devpolicy ’s blog, I refelect how I first discovered Prof Paul Collier’s work, what I learned from working with him, and why I believe he truly lives the ideas he writes about. @BlavatnikSchool devpolicy.org/a-scholar-who-…

🚨Registration Join us as Terence Wood presents “Is it possible to predict election outcomes in Papua New Guinea? Testing the Hegarty Rule” ⏰1 May, 12.30-1.30pm PGT / AEST 📍In person @CrawfordSeminar7 or #UPNG or Zoom 📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/20260501

“Building a new, accurate roll, in particular, takes years. Electoral reform ought to start in the immediate aftermath of electoral failure. But it never does in PNG,” says Terence Wood from the Development Policy Centre. devpolicy.org/png-elections-… #PNGpolitics

We are pleased to invite you to ACDE- Devpol seminar. Ryan Edwards and Estelles Stambolie will present “Negative shocks travel home: the income elasticity of remittances in a temporary migration scheme” Registration: events.humanitix.com/negative-shock… #Devpol #ACDE #Remittance

“With the allocation of more than half a billion dollars in new grant funding for the AIFFP, Australia has ‘doubled down’ on infrastructure investment in the Pacific,” says Cameron Hill from @devpolicy. devpolicy.org/rust-never-sle…