WhyDev
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A registered Australian non-profit committed to getting aid and global development right.
Solomons strife demands a development re-think | Edward Cavanough ift.tt/3E2rY5h
When #COVID-19 hit, the Australian government reversed its policy of cutting #aid and started to increase it – but this year it’s started to cut aid again. @stephenrhowes takes a look at the figures. devpolicy.org/foreign-aid-cu…
Aid agency employment has become the dream job for many young people in South Sudan, but it’s more open to some than others. @joshua_craze reports: thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2021/…
Solomon Islands deployment: Australia must meet obligations to women | Nicole George ift.tt/3E66Agc
Opinion | Without proper support, everything that has been built over the past 20 years in Afghanistan will begin to crumble, warn @NajeebaWazefado, founder @APNORefugees, and Evan Jones, manager @AsiaDSP: thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2021/1…
There were no successful female candidates in the elections in #Tonga last week and only six women have ever been elected to parliament. ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki says it is time for legislative action to force change. devpolicy.org/no-women-elect…
In the context of COVID-19 Australian parliamentarians face the challenge of balancing a humanitarian response with fears of a domestic backlash over increases in the aid budget, explain Benjamin Day @ANUBellSchool and @TamasWells @UniMelb. devpolicy.org/a-new-era-for-…
One day left to register for the #MIDPConference 09 November on #COVID19 challenges & #careertips for #development & #humanitarian practitioners monasharts.cventevents.com/event/51133c67… @Monash_Arts @MonashPolsIR @SamanthiGun
Protecting people who lose their homes to climate change | Jane McAdam ift.tt/3EfRowF
More than 100 world leaders will soon gather in Glasgow for #COP26. "Commitments in Glasgow will spark a global race toward net-zero. But it is not a race we should be scared of. If we embrace the transition, Australia will prosper" - @wtmpacific. #auspol theconversation.com/what-is-cop26-…
"Without truth, you can’t have trust. How can you have democracy without that?" What Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa understands about why she was chosen ti.me/3FsktGB
People are paying too much to transfer money to developing countries, says @ALeighMP, and foreign exchange providers should be more transparent about their charges. devpolicy.org/repairing-remi…
Reviewing how Australia and NZ did in the latest @CGDev CDI rankings we found (a) NZ has gone from being ranked first to almost last in aid quality; and (b) all OECD countries get the same score on aid transparency. Both very odd. devpolicy.org/australian-and…
Despite the evolving strategic context, there are reasons to think the right conditions for a U.N. peacekeeping mission could in fact yet be emerging, WPR columnist @charlicarpenter writes: wpr.pub/3gkhJAi
