ACFID Blog
The ACFID Blog features opinion articles on aid and development issues by ACFID staff, ACFID Members and a diverse range of other authors.
The purpose of the ACFID Blog is to engage readers in ACFID's work and to inform, engage and influence ACFID Members, the public and the government. Read more
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Turning Our Backs On Old Friends – Australian Aid to Africa Turns To A Trickle
Phillip Walker, Anglican Overseas Aid
30 Jun, 2016
As the Australian Government’s latest harsh aid cuts come into effect, including axing almost all aid for Africa, Anglican Overseas Aid Advisor Phillip Walker describes a visit to...
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Will an incoming government boost Australia’s climate aid?
Jonathan Pickering and Paul Mitchell
28 Jun, 2016
‘How will your party deliver on the Paris Agreement on climate change?’ This was one of ten questions that the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) asked of...
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Shifting the View: Attracting Private Finance for Climate Adaptation
Priyanka Sunder
27 Jun, 2016
Attracting private finance for climate change adaptation projects in vulnerable countries is a challenge the Green Climate Fund Board must seriously tackle to meet its mandate....
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Aid Cuts End Successful African Project That Reached 2.3m Marginalised People
Phillip Walker, Anglican Overseas Aid
23 Jun, 2016
A highly successful African community development project that reached more than2.3 million marginalised people will come to an end this month. The Government’s Australian...
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The SDGs - It’s about people, not targets.
Jenny Vaccari
10 Jun, 2016
Take a look at the satellite photograph of the Indonesian archipelago at night accompanying this blog. Does knowing that Indonesia experiences significant levels of energy...
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Making Change Happen – Be Part of Unique Professional Development Opportunity
Stephanie Koorey
02 Jun, 2016
Being part of a movement to bring about united positive change, for a just, equitable and sustainable world is central to ACFID and its members. That’s why we’re...
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Istanbul humanitarian summit aims for peaks, lands in foothills
Marc Purcell
30 May, 2016
Istanbul is a city living under the shadow of the war in neighbouring Syria. A bomb blast in the heart of the historic tourist centre earlier this year killed several people...
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Aid Cuts Hurt Transparency
Jessie Cato
26 May, 2016
On May 6th 2016, just before the Turnbull Government entered caretaker mode, it announced Australia would implement the Extractives Industries Transparency...
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The World Humanitarian Summit: A crisis of expectations
Megan Williams
23 May, 2016
The World Humanitarian Summit, which kicks off in Istanbul today, is suffering a crisis of expectations. Since it was initiated by the UN Secretary General in 2013, the Summit has...
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Australia Ahead of the Curve: An Agenda for International Development to 2025
Administrator
18 May, 2016
Do you have a vision for Australia’s international development agenda? Have you been thinking about positioning Australia strongly to be leaders in development cooperation by 2025...