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Australian National University's Development Policy Centre head, Stephen Howes, says Papua New Guinea has emerged as a big winner for the program.
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Australian National University's Development Policy Centre head, Stephen Howes, says Papua New Guinea has emerged as a big winner for the program.
Australia gave 19 cents in foreign aid for every $100 of national income in 2020, an all-time low.
Advertisement The Morrison government has substantially lifted foreign aid spending in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, reversing some of the huge funding cuts made to poor nations during the past decade. Australia's aid expenditure will be $4.4 billion in 2020-21 an increase of 9 per cent on last financial year, new analysis shows. Families wait at a health clinic in Papua New Guinea. Australia has increased its aid spending in Pacific region this financial year. Credit:Louise Kennerley But Australian National University economist Stephen Howes, who used publicly available documents to ...