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Careers in development: an interview with Jo Spratt on careers in the NZ...
Jonathan: Could you please just run us through what you’re currently doing and a bit about your background? Jo: I volunteer for New Zealand Aid and Development Dialogues, which takes up a lot of my...
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Careers in development: an interview with AusAID Chief Economist Michael...
Jonathan: What are your responsibilities as the Chief Economist at AusAID? Michael: AusAID’s purpose is to use Australian aid to help people overcome poverty. As Chief Economist, my main responsibility...
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Careers in development: an interview with Susan Harris Rimmer on a career...
Susan: My name is Susan Harris Rimmer. I am the Director of Studies at the Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy at the Australian National University. Prior to that I was Advocacy Manager at the...
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An ex-volunteer’s perspective on improving the Australian Volunteers program
The Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program offers an incredible opportunity for Australians to live in a developing country, to build cross-cultural knowledge and to share...
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Careers in development: an interview with Frédéric Jeanjean on the AusAID...
Frederic: My name is Frédéric Jeanjean and I’m currently in the second year of the AusAID Graduate Development Program. I’m currently working in the World Bank and Results Section and am in pre-posting...
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May blog digest: Problems with Australia’s volunteer program
Our monthly reflection on issues raised in the Devpolicy blog, this month authored by Stephen Howes. Ashlee Betteridge’s May 23 account of her time as a volunteer in Timor has quickly become our most...
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Careers in development: Robin Sherbourne discusses the ODI Fellowship Scheme
Robin: I’m Robin Sherbourne, head of the ODI Fellowship Scheme, which is a 50-year-old program placing young professional economists from anywhere in the world in developing country governments around...
View ArticleChasing chaos: a primer on the challenges of humanitarian aid work
Jessica Alexander’s Chasing Chaos: my decade in and out of humanitarian aid is part memoir, part travelogue, part textbook. It’s a breezy read, despite being set amid some of the most harrowing...
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Australia’s idealistic medical students: an under-exploited development...
Every year about 300 Australian medical students flock to the annual Australian Medical Students’ Association Global Health Conference, first run in 2005. The conference’s aim is to ‘fulfil the desire...
View ArticleThe end of AYAD: youth ambassador program retired
With minimal fanfare, the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) brand was retired as of July 1, in line with the recommendation of the Office of Development Effectiveness evaluation...
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Trials and tribulations of a development mum
Those of us who aspire to procreate as well as forge a career in development are faced with tough decisions. One that many consider is whether to take their family and live in a developing country, or...
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Jonathan: What are your responsibilities as the Chief Economist at AusAID? Michael: AusAID’s purpose is to use Australian aid to help people overcome poverty. As Chief Economist, my main responsibility...
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View ArticleAn ex-volunteer’s perspective on improving the Australian Volunteers program
The Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program offers an incredible opportunity for Australians to live in a developing country, to build cross-cultural knowledge and to share...
View ArticleCareers in development: an interview with Frédéric Jeanjean on the AusAID...
Frederic: My name is Frédéric Jeanjean and I’m currently in the second year of the AusAID Graduate Development Program. I'm currently working in the World Bank and Results Section and am in pre-posting...
View ArticleMay blog digest: Problems with Australia’s volunteer program
Our monthly reflection on issues raised in the Devpolicy blog, this month authored by Stephen Howes. Ashlee Betteridge’s May 23 account of her time as a volunteer in Timor has quickly become our most...
View ArticleCareers in development: Robin Sherbourne discusses the ODI Fellowship Scheme
Robin: I’m Robin Sherbourne, head of the ODI Fellowship Scheme, which is a 50-year-old program placing young professional economists from anywhere in the world in developing country governments around...
View ArticleChasing chaos: a primer on the challenges of humanitarian aid work
Jessica Alexander’s Chasing Chaos: my decade in and out of humanitarian aid is part memoir, part travelogue, part textbook. It’s a breezy read, despite being set amid some of the most harrowing...
View ArticleAustralia’s idealistic medical students: an under-exploited development...
Every year about 300 Australian medical students flock to the annual Australian Medical Students’ Association Global Health Conference, first run in 2005. The conference's aim is to ‘fulfil the desire...
View ArticleThe end of AYAD: youth ambassador program retired
With minimal fanfare, the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) brand was retired as of July 1, in line with the recommendation of the Office of Development Effectiveness evaluation...
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