The Senate is conducting an Inquiry into The delivery and effectiveness of Australia’s bilateral aid program in Papua New Guinea.
Submissions close today, Friday 24 April. The Inquiry is due to report on 26 November 2015.
The delivery and effectiveness of Australia‘s bilateral aid program in Papua New Guinea (PNG), with particular reference to:
a) the political, economic and social objectives of Australia‘s aid;
b) the role of multilateral and regional organisations, non-government organisations, Australian civil society and other donors;
c) scope for increasing private sector involvement in sustainable economic growth and reducing poverty;
d) scope for expanding private sector partnerships in leveraging private sector investment and domestic finance;
e) improving PNG‘s progress towards internationally-recognised development goals;
f) supporting inclusive development by investing in good governance, health and education, law and justice and women‘s empowerment;
g) establishing realistic performance benchmarks to assess aid outcomes against set targets and to improve accountability; and
h) the extent to which development outcomes in PNG can be improved by learning from successful aid programs in other countries.
