PiPP Chairman, Nikunj Soni and Executive Director Derek Brien have been in Canberra for the AusAID Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness this week. They were joined by PiPP Board members, Kalio Tavola, former Fiji foreign minister and Odo Tevi, Governor General of the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu who have presented a submission for PiPP.
The review is to work out how to handle an expected doubling of Australian foreign aid from $4-8 billion in coming years.
Odo Tevi was interviewed by Radio Australia for his views on Australian aid effectiveness in Vanuatu while Kalio Tavola was interviewed the next day by Radio Australia on aid effectiveness around the Pacific. A brief summary of Kalio’s interview can be found below on the Radio Australia website.
What’s the future of Australia’s aid programme?
The Australian Government has established an independent panel to review the future direction of the Aus Aid programme.
The Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness will examine the first injection of funding, and make recommendations on the second instalment.
A conference held at the Australian National University which presented the latest research and analysis on Australian aid was attended by members of the government’s Review Panel.
Geraldine Coutts spoke to two of the delegates, Annmaree O’Keeffe, a Research Fellow with the Lowy Institute and former Fiji foreign minister, Kalio Tavola, who is a board member of the Pacific Institute of Public Policy.
