AusAid, the Australian aid agency is currently conducting an enquiry into its $4.3 Billion per year aid program. The enquiry is taking public submissions, which will close on February 7th. In this debate, Sam opens to floor to your ideas, questions and suggestions, which he will include in his official...
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Recent Posts by Sam Porter
Where is your aid money going?
By Sam Porter | Posted in: Foreign Aid |
With the Australian aid budget set to increase dramatically over the next five years, questions over how the money is spent have become more pertinent than ever. In this campaign piece, Sam Porter in conjunction with a team of activists from Aid/Watch bring to light the reality of Australian aid,...
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The push for land reform in PNG and Melanesia
By Sam Porter | Posted in: Indigenous |
Sam Porter explores the controversial land reform agenda being pushed by AusAid, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank across PNG and Melanesia. Processes of land reform benefit foreign investors and promote a type of economic growth that impedes the ability of communities to determine their own development futures....
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Sustainable development in the Australian policy context: a contest of values.
By Sam Porter | Posted in: Foreign Aid |
We all know that sustainable development is a contestable concept. The origins of this contest go right back to the original Brundtland Report and subsequent Rio Earth Summit, which gave the world a supposedly ‘credible’ new vision of a development ‘pathway’ that could be both socially and ecologically sustainable.[1] This...
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Recent Comments by Sam Porter
- June 17, 2010 on The top 5 reasons why knowing about development matters
- June 17, 2010 on Forgotten nations: Central African Republic
- May 18, 2010 on Aiding Australia’s Goals
- May 18, 2010 on Imperialism: it’s just a dirty word these days
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