Pacific leaders argue violence against women must be recognised as a climate impact, with finance and safeguards to match.

Solomon Islands’ new Prime Minister, Matthew Cooper Wale, has promised the country that “change is coming”. He was elected prime minister on 15 May 2026 following a vote of no confidence in his ...

OECD DAC aid fell 28% in real terms from 2023 to 2025. New forecasts to 2028 suggest the cuts have much further to run.

Using high-frequency financial diaries from Fijian temporary migrant workers in Australia and their families back home, we estimate the within-individual income elasticity of remittances at ...

Development Policy Centre is pleased to invite you to 2026 aid budget breakfast where we examine the Albanese government’s fifth aid budget at 9am on Wednesday 13 May. The breakfast will assess ...

Pacific theology reframes deep-sea mining as a moral reckoning, not just a technical task — with implications for DSM ...

Stephen Howes launches the third phase of the ANU-UPNG partnership, reflecting on the last decade and four aid effectiveness ...

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How the Pacific fuel price shock is hitting children first through missed school, thinner meals and delayed health visits.

Penny Morton is currently Assistant Secretary in the Multilateral Policy Branch at Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She was previously Minister-Counsellor at the Australian High ...

In Papua New Guinea, young people are coming of age amid rapid social change. Globalisation, digital media and shifting social norms are reshaping how youth understand relationships, gender roles, ...

As of the 2017 Census, Muslims make up 96.5% of Pakistan’s population, while non-Muslims, including Ahmadis and Christians, make up just 3.5%. Of the Muslim population, 80–85% are Sunni and 10–15% are ...