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Australian aid As conflict in the Middle East widens and the toll on civilians worsens, the Australian Council For International Development’s members have launched a consolidated appeal to help address the humanitarian situation in Lebanon. Australia has allocated $12 million to the humanitarian response in Lebanon since September 2024 and $82.5 million to the Gaza […]
The previous blog looked at some studies of the relationship between China’s aid and its influence that posit a mediating role for domestic political institutions. Early empirical research suggests that this kind of analytic lens is relevant to the Pacific. This is a region that comprises countries with largely open — albeit in some cases […]
Women’s leadership in PNG is often described as tough, difficult or challenging. The contributing factors range from political and economic to social and cultural. For example, the PNG National Research Institute Gender Program Report 2020 showed that women political candidates faced gendered challenges, such as stereotypical attitudes that women are not capable, and therefore lack […]