Policy Forum Pod: Power to the people?

How politics keeps Solomon Islands and PNG poor and poorly governed

The clientelism trap in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, and its impact on aid policy

Clientelism is a central feature of politics in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Most voters vote in search of personalized or localized benefit, and...

Governance and finance: availability of community and social development infrastructures in rural China

This article studies the causes for unequal access to rural community and social development infrastructures in China. We use a dataset in the China...

Diplomatic assets need boosting

Australia's foreign policy challenges in a changing world.

The next great transformation

Will the world’s leaders rise to the challenge?

Nongovernmental organizations and influence on global public policy

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) were once considered as altruistic groups which aim was to impartially influence public policy with no vested...

Benchmarking and bureaucracy in India

Using international rankings for national development and governance.

Using signal processing diagnostics to improve public sector evaluations

False positive test results that overstate intervention impacts can distort and constrain the capability to learn and adapt in governance, and are...

Strengthening trade and health governance capacities to address non-communicable diseases in Asia: challenges and ways forward

Trade liberalisation is a driver of the rising burden of non-communicable diseases in Asia through its role in facilitating the growth of the region’s...

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