North America
Report
Empowering independent media: US efforts to foster free and independent news around the world
In the last two decades, independent media assistance has become a significant aspect of the development field, helping countries to make democratic transitions, spur economic growth, conduct public health campaigns, and improve government accountability. Efforts to spread a free press have resulted in the professional development of tens of thousands of journalists and the founding...
Report
Attendant care program direct funding pilot evaluation
The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) is piloting a direct funding project in conjunction with the Attendant Care Program (ACP). The direct funding pilot aims to complement the objectives of the ACP, which provides support to individuals with physical disabilities with a range of tasks and activities to allow them to live...
Report
New directions in planning for affordable housing: Australian and international evidence and implications
This research examines this international practice in planning for housing affordability in general and affordable housing in particular using examples from the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Ireland, Canada and the Netherlands.This research examines this international practice in planning for housing affordability in general and affordable housing in particular. The report...
Conference paper
Searching for the socially sustainable city: achieved through inducing the right mixture?
In this paper, the recent engagement by Australian urban scholars and policymakers with social sustainability is placed within the international context of European and North American urban policy debate.
Discussion paper
International practice in planning for affordable housing: lessons for Australia
International experience in Western Europe and North America demonstrates that the urban planning system can be a very important tool in retaining and increasing affordable housing supply. In many North American and European cities and regions, planning mechanisms are being used to protect the supply of affordable housing.