If FATF grey-lists PNG again, there could be benefits -- but also unintended consequences and a display of hypocrisy, say Michael Kabuni and Grant Walton.

Leadership selection needs to balance technical merit and political consolidation to maintain the quality of governance, says ...

Facebook shutdown, tenuously linked to terrorism, raises serious constitutional, goverance and human rights issues, say ...

Australia’s foreign aid (Official Development Assistance or ODA) for 2025-26 is budgeted at $5.097 billion, a 2.7% increase ...

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

Fred Fisk has a good claim to be regarded as the Australian National University’s first development economist, argues John Conroy in a new book.

The continuing prohibition on girls’ education beyond Year 6 imposes a profound burden on Afghan society and the economy, ...

Since the outset of New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme, employers have largely recruited men for horticultural seasonal jobs. The majority are employed for hard, physical tasks, ...

Papua New Guinea has nine months to strengthen its anti-money laundering (AML) measures to avoid being grey-listed following an evaluation by the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), a ...

The 2025-26 federal budget will see Australian Official Development Assistance (ODA) remain largely steady in real terms at an estimated $5.097 billion in the coming financial year, or 0.18% of Gross ...