This year’s Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM), held under the banner “Collectively Building Resilience”, took place in Brisbane from 11 to 14 November 2024. Organised by the PACER Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU), the event, which has become the pre-eminent regional meeting on labour mobility, attracted more than 350 delegates from around the region, including ... Read moreDisclosure This research was supported by the Pacific Research Program, with funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The views are of the authors only. About the author/s Charlotte Bedford Charl ..read more

This is an edited version of a keynote speech delivered to the 2024 Australasian AID conference by Lady Roslyn Morauta, chair of the Global Fund’s board. Today, I want to share my passion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – an organisation that exemplifies how performance-driven, multilateral aid can be both ... Read moreAbout the author/s Roslyn Morauta Lady Roslyn Morauta is a global health leader and advocate. She is currently the Chair of the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and also serves on the boards of the Asia Pacific Leaders ..read more

Femili PNG is a Papua New Guinean NGO that runs family and sexual violence case management centres. Its mission is to provide care, support and change. It aims to provide a holistic approach and intervention through the process of case management to help survivors of family and sexual violence, child abuse and sorcery-accusation-related violence have ... Read moreDisclosure Elly Toimbo works for Femili PNG. The Development Policy Centre provides pro bono support to Femili PNG. About the author/s Elly Toimbo Elly Toimbo is the Program Manager at the Femili PNG Goroka Case Management Centre. She ..read more

In a highly anticipated session of the Tongan parliament to debate and vote on the second vote of no confidence (VONC) in Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku and the Cabinet, Hu’akavameiliku surprised everyone by announcing his resignation even before the actual debate had begun. The session began with the Speaker, Lord Fakafanua, announcing the procedure ... Read moreAbout the author/s Lopeti Senituli Lopeti Senituli is a law practitioner in Tonga and is the immediate past president of the Tonga Law Society. He was Political and Media Advisor to Prime Ministers Dr Feleti Vaka’uta S ..read more

This blog is an edited version of the opening address of the 2024 Australasian AID Conference on December 4. Much has been said about the spectacular rise of Asia in the past half century. Many economies in the region have emerged from developing economy status to advanced economy status in one generation. Emerging South and ... Read moreAbout the author/s Arsenio M. Balisacan Dr Arsenio M. Balisacan is the Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority in the Philippines. He was previously Professor and Dean of the School of Economics at the University of the Philippines ..read more

This blog is an edited version of the Mitchell Oration delivered at the 2024 Australasian AID Conference on December 5. The traditional framework for development cooperation is being challenged today in multiple ways, going well beyond just geopolitical contestation between major powers. While growing rivalry between the US and China, with most developing countries caught ... Read moreAbout the author/s Masood Ahmed Masood Ahmed is President Emeritus of the Center for Global Development. He previously held senior positions at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the UK's Depart ..read more

The integration of artificial intelligence into international development is beginning to move from speculative discussion to practical application. At the 2024 Australasian AID Conference, one session explored how AI tools are being developed and tested to enhance development policy and programming, with potentially interesting implications for how aid organisations analyse problems and make decisions. Two ... Read moreAbout the author/s Development Policy Centre ..read more

Transparency and accountability are the cornerstones of any effective government program. I am proud to announce the launch of AusDevPortal — a new, online transparency portal dedicated to Australia’s international development work. This transparency uplift is part of the Government’s commitment to ensuring that every dollar of development funding contributes to the outcomes that Australia ... Read moreAbout the author/s Pat Conroy The Hon Pat Conroy MP is the Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific ..read more

At the 2024 PNG Update, the PNG Prime Minister James Marape went to great lengths to argue that political stability is a prerequisite for economic development. He referenced the high economic growth that started in the 2000s under the late Prime Minister Michael Somare as the basis of political stability. While the growth did coincide ... Read moreDisclosure This research was undertaken with the support of the ANU-UPNG Partnership, an initiative of the PNG-Australia Partnership, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The views are those of the author only. About the author/s Mi ..read more

For the lucky 3,000 or so from the nine Pacific countries and Timor-Leste who were randomly selected in a ballot process to apply for Australia’s Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV), the countdown to submit their visa applications by 12 December (17 December for Federated States of Micronesia and Palau) is fast approaching. The opportunity to start ... Read moreDisclosure This research was supported by the Pacific Research Program, with funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The views are of the author only. About the author/s Natasha Turia Natasha Turia is a development practitio ..read more