Reproductive justice is the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children or not have children, and parent children in safe and sustainable communities. In a recent study, I explored ...

This article is a further instalment in the Pacific Family Matters series. With the Australian Labor Party returning to power, Pacific island governments will appreciate the continuity in diplomacy ...

With the withdrawal of much of USAID’s presence from the Pacific, I quietly hoped that the region could absorb it — maybe even take it as the jolt needed to “go all in on betting on ourselves”. We are ...

Given the long-standing success of Australia and New Zealand’s regional labour mobility schemes, it is reasonable to assume that some workers have spent extended periods outside their home countries ...

Samoa’s Head of State, His Highness Tuimaleali’ifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, has officially dissolved Samoa’s Parliament, effective 3 June 2025, following the defeat of the government’s 2025–26 budget.

This month’s Australian elections brought many surprises. One of them was that Labor, once returned, decided to separate the Pacific and international development ministerial portfolios for the first ...

The current practice of political economy analysis (PEA) is focused on the dynamics of the external context that an aid program is working in, mostly at the level of national governments, the actions ...

This is a further instalment in the Pacific Family Matters series. The May 2025 federal election has resulted in a parity parliament in Australia. For the first time since Federation, both chambers of ...

Over 305 million people need humanitarian assistance globally today — a staggering number that has almost quadrupled over the past decade. Tragically, as these needs increase across fragile states ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. Posts on the Devpolicy Blog are ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. Posts on the Devpolicy Blog are ...