After a disastrous first couple of decades following independence in 1968, Nauru turned its economic fortunes around in the ...

Gordon Peake on Australia's branded aid merchandise in the Pacific and whether new Commonwealth restrictions will curb the ...

The 2026–27 Budget tabled in Fiji’s Parliament last month projects total government expenditure of $4.9 billion against revenues of $3.8 billion, leaving a net deficit of approximately $1 billion (all ...

Kamalini Lokuge, Medical Epidemiologist, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, ...

The 2023 Australasian AID Conference was held at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia on 5-7 December. The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford ...

A Pacific worker putting in 30 hours on an Australian farm, earning $937 and taking home just over $100 after deductions, as put to a Senate committee in 2022, became, for many people, a defining ...

This article builds on a previous Devpolicy Blog piece written by Edwin Venu Pedro and Jess Marinaccio, government employees engaged in Tuvalu’s Digital Nation project. They highlighted growing ...

Australian and international aid agencies have launched emergency appeals in response to the Venezuela earthquake. So far, the disaster has resulted in over 1,400 deaths, with tens of thousands of ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University.

The Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) provides up to 3,000 permanent residency visas for citizens of up to 12 Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste. To obtain a PEV visa, you first must enter a ballot, ...

The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have both recently made changes to their construction procurement policies. These aim to promote more employment and skills development for the ...