Devpolicy Talks

Tess Newton Cain sits down with Francis Herman, Program Manager of the regional Pacific Media Assistance program (PACMAS) and a highly experienced media professional to give his assessment of the media landscape of the Pacific region.

A full transcript of the interview is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/4.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Francis%20Herman%20.docx

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The end of official development assistance (ODA) has been confidently predicted for decades.

But a funny thing happened at the end of the 90s. A set of development targets identified by the OECD mutated into the Millennium Development Goals and political momentum returned to the aid effort.

Annual ODA rose by two-thirds in the decade leading up to 2010. But the knives are out again in finance departments around the world, and critics charge that ODA measurements are inflated in any case.

Will ODA always be with us?

Simon Scott heads the Statistics and Monitoring Division of the OECD’s Development Cooperation Directorate. He oversees the collection and analysis of data on flows of ODA and other resources, and advises the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee on ‘performance against its members’ ODA volume commitments’, trends in financing for development and questions relating to the scope and limits of the concept of ODA. Before joining the OECD in 1993, he worked for AusAID for 14 years. He is the author of Philanthropic Foundations and Development Co-operation and Measuring Aid: 50 years of DAC statistics, and co-author of Innovative Financing to Fund Development.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/devpolicy/events

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The 2013 Pacific and PNG Update provided a forum for the discussion of the latest economic, social and political developments in the region. The Update was hosted by the Development Policy Centre, and supported by: the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific Economic Management Technical Assistance Project; and the Asia and Pacific Policy Studies, the flagship publication of the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU in partnership with Australian Aid, AusAID.

The 'Gender-based violence' panel consisted of:

• Jo Chandler, Journalist and Honorary Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, presenting on 'Violence and the media'
• Kamalini Lokuge, from the ANU's National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, presenting on 'Integrated support for survivors - what is needed?'
• Cathy Rimbao, a sergeant in the PNG Lae Police Force, presenting on 'A policing perspective'

Closing remarks for the conference were delivered by Devpolicy Director Stephen Howes.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/devpolicy/events

Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre.

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The 2013 Pacific and PNG Update provided a forum for the discussion of the latest economic, social and political developments in the region. The Update was hosted by the Development Policy Centre, and supported by: the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific Economic Management Technical Assistance Project; and the Asia and Pacific Policy Studies, the flagship publication of the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU in partnership with Australian Aid, AusAID.

The 'Economic policy challenges' panel consisted of:

• Aaron Batten, PNG Country Economist at the ADB, presenting on 'PNG's evolving trade and investment flows'
• Margaret Callan, Visiting Fellow at the Development Policy Centre, presenting on 'The contribution of mining companies to PNG Development'
• Billy Manoka, Commissioner and CEO of the PNG Independent Consumer and Competition Commission, presenting on 'Regulation of infrastructure SOEs'

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/devpolicy/events

Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre.

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The 2013 Pacific and PNG Update provided a forum for the discussion of the latest economic, social and political developments in the region. The Update was hosted by the Development Policy Centre, and supported by: the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific Economic Management Technical Assistance Project; and the Asia and Pacific Policy Studies, the flagship publication of the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU in partnership with Australian Aid, AusAID.

The 'Issues in public service delivery' panel consisted of:

• Stephen Howes, Director of the Development Policy Centre, presenting on 'PNG budgetary trends and issues'
• Colin Wiltshire and Andrew Anton Mako, from the Development Policy Centre and National Research Institute respectively, presenting on 'Public expenditure tracking'
• Thomas Wangi, Lecturer of Economics at UPNG, presenting on 'Solid waste management in PNG'

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/devpolicy/events

Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre.

Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.

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