This briefing note is the outcome of an ongoing process within the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) to answer the question - how can DFID design and manage programmes to address complex development challenges without creating too much staff workload?

This briefing considers heightened tensions in the region and the Trump administration’s more forceful China Policy in the context of recent developments within Taiwan’s domestic politics, the current status of its relationship with the US and China, and its efforts to increase its presence in the international community.

A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships which support private schooling, used in a large number of donor funded education systems, are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality.

The recommendations presented in this paper are based on two roundtable discussions the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) organised in October and December 2018, and on discussions with former and current U.S. and foreign government officials, business leaders, and policy experts.

This report considers the approaches taken by development partners when transitioning and exiting from bilateral aid programs. It features case studies of Australia, Denmark, the European Union, France, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.