Friday, 24 April 2015

Inquiry into Australian aid to PNG

Submissions close today, Friday 24 April. The Inquiry is due to report on 26 November 2015. 

The Terms of Reference are:
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.

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