International relief
Report
Collective resilience: NZ’s aid contributions in times of inequality and crises
This report examines New Zealand’s overseas aid contributions against six principles of a quality aid programme that reduces inequality and poverty. The report finds that while New Zealand’s aid contribution has some firm foundations, there is room for substantial improvement.
Strategy
Partnerships for recovery: Australia’s COVID-19 development response
The Australian government’s Partnerships for Recovery policy presents Australia’s priorities in working globally, and especially with our near neighbours, to minimise the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Report
Freedoms under threat: the spread of anti-NGO measures in Africa
This report describes and analyses the approaches that African governments are taking to impose restrictions that handicap NGO activity on the continent.
Briefing paper
False promises: how delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all
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.
Briefing paper
Hitting the target: an agenda for aid in times of extreme inequality
This paper identifies ten principles that are crucial to ensuring that aid rises to the challenges involved in helping the poorest countries to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.