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Compounding challenges, from the impacts of climate change to emerging digital risks, require resilient child protection systems, says Betty Barkha.
A CARICOM-style common passport for Pacific Islands Forum citizens would give meaning to "one ocean, one people", say Seone Lolesio and Shailendra Singh.
Finding the right partners, working with flexible funding and focusing on relationships are essential to make change happen, says Duncan Green.
Now in beta, the PNG Cocoa App is an agricultural extension resource that could engage a new generation of cocoa growers, say Swan, Fidelis and Field.
A historical review of education projects in Indonesia shows weak donor commitment to the concept and measurement of ...
Sometimes the most powerful advocacy isn't protesting or petitioning — it's opening your door and treating someone with dignity, says Miranda Forsyth.
The current OECD Development Assistance Committee peer review of Australia's aid effort takes place at a critical moment, ...
Richard Brennan Rick Brennan is an emergency medicine and public health physician specializing in humanitarian assistance, epidemic and pandemic preparedness, and emergency management. He was Regional ...
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The Pacific hasn't been a focus of these elections, but on Pacific migration the two parties have very different policies, says Stephen Howes.
Peter Connolly Pete Connolly is an Adjunct Fellow at the University of New South Wales, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Solomon Islands National University and an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for ...
Australia’s foreign aid (Official Development Assistance or ODA) for 2025-26 is budgeted at $5.097 billion, a 2.7% increase over the 2024-25 aid budget of $4.961 billion. With inflation projected at 3 ...