by Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth A question commonly asked about the inter-group conflict currently occurring in the PNG Highlands is whether or not it represents the continuation of...
by Niuone Eliuta Tuvalu, a picturesque island nation nestled in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is currently grappling with a relentless onslaught of storm surges and towering waves, wreaking...
by Matiullah Qazizada 9 February 2024 Upon reclaiming power, the Taliban banned girls from schools above year six and women from work, with few exceptions, such as in the health sector. These...
by Cameron Hill As far as foreign aid goes, Germany stands as one of the world’s giants. In 2022, Germany was the OECD’s second largest donor by volume, after the US, and was the EU’s largest...
In what looked like an early win for COP28, an agreement was reached on day 1 on the set-up of a new Loss and Damage Fund to help nations recover from climate change. So far US$429 million has been...
by Stephen Howes24 October 2023 Recently on this blog, Arunn Jegan, former head of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) in Bangladesh, wrote about how the “nightmare scenario has...
by Charles Knox-Vydmanov and Alexandre Cote Social protection systems currently play a limited role in supporting people with disabilities across much of the globe. While some countries achieve broad...
by Alyssa Leng There is no doubt that climate finance is urgently needed around the world. Despite this, progress has to date been slow in Papua New Guinea – the largest country in the Pacific, the...
by Tamas Wells, Anne Décobert and Anonymous Myanmar author In revolutions, citizens push to overthrow the power of unpopular and unjust leaders. Yet in these contexts, it is often the case that other...
by Abdulkader Sinno Nearly twenty million Afghans — half the population — are experiencing hunger and the country may face outright famine this coming winter. The only way to avert mass starvation is...