We had Orion planes patrolling the Pacific and made a significant contribution at the UN to ending drift net fishing in the 1980s, but we let this lapse completely. We failed to invest in defence orientation as a regional maritime power, let alone build soft power in the region via NZAID.
February 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We had Orion planes patrolling the Pacific and made a significant contribution at the UN to ending drift net fishing in the 1980s, but we let this lapse completely. We failed to invest in defence orientation as a regional maritime power, let alone build soft power in the region via NZAID.
NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea amid tribal violence #asiapacificreport #rnzpacific #JohnnyBlades #NZaid #PNGhighlands #electrification
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December 8, 2024 at 3:25 AM
I don't want to be a downer, but people have been arguing for reduced fragmentation since at least the 2000s when I worked at NZAID. A good idea, but hard to put in practice.
Right now, more than anything else, the focus should be saving lives and saving multilateral organisations that do this.
Right now, more than anything else, the focus should be saving lives and saving multilateral organisations that do this.
As I meet people from aid agencies around the world this week I will be making the case for a radical simplification in how we do aid:
fewer countries,
fewer projects,
radically simpler programs.
It was key takeaway from my time in govt. Read why.
www.cgdev.org/blog/radical...
fewer countries,
fewer projects,
radically simpler programs.
It was key takeaway from my time in govt. Read why.
www.cgdev.org/blog/radical...
Radical Simplification: A Practical Way to Get More Out of Limited Foreign Assistance Budgets
With major cuts to foreign assistance announced or anticipated in the US, the UK, and across the EU, and in the World Bank’s subsidized lending program, we must urgently work to get the most out of sh...
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April 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I don't want to be a downer, but people have been arguing for reduced fragmentation since at least the 2000s when I worked at NZAID. A good idea, but hard to put in practice.
Right now, more than anything else, the focus should be saving lives and saving multilateral organisations that do this.
Right now, more than anything else, the focus should be saving lives and saving multilateral organisations that do this.