Interested in justice in its many colours. Happy to be corrected.
Papua New Guinea
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Robin Perry retweeted
First chapter of Mission Driven Bureaucrats now free to read here: academic.oup.com/book/57377/…. Thanks!
How do we make public services better??
Often, by recognizing the many bureaucrats who want to do good work, empowering, and supporting them.
#MissionDrivenBureaucrats is out today**!!
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Robin Perry retweeted
A Gates Foundation style post, full of decent economics and noble humanitarianism, but the new anti-politics machine. There will be a likely be a debt crisis in several African countries and it’s better to get ahead of it. But nowhere is it implied that there are deep political problems at root, and few are solved. The war in Ethiopia is treated as something that just happened to it, alongside locusts. Several African leaders are quoted saying “we ought to spent on better things in future” without any thought to actual incentives, and how the structure of debt relief and aid can address them.
At the upcoming meetings of the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the G-20, world leaders must take action to help low-income countries out of the debt crisis, argues @MSuzman.
trib.al/Tnwo3pO
Robin Perry retweeted
Coming to Google Translate: Tetun, Tok Pisin, Balinese, Fijian, Acehnese, and many other languages of SEA & the Pacific!
Let's test quality when they release, but potentially a small revolution in MT for our region
blog.google/products/transla…
Robin Perry retweeted
Read @brhodes on the dangers of a second Trump term—and how, if reelected, Biden can build a foreign policy agenda that resonates with more of the world’s governments and people:
trib.al/qgSX92S
Robin Perry retweeted
Great to see #AP4D's work cited by @devintellab's @HeatherMurphy in her latest for @devpolicy. She says "fresh thinking & serious effort" are needed for DFAT to become a "world-class #development agency".
"A tool [of #statecraft] is only as powerful as the hand that wields it."
“The new policy & plans for development capability are encouraging, though big questions remain about what exactly will be done … & whether they’re the right things to do – given there’s little detail in the public domain,” says @HeatherMurphy. devpolicy.org/equipping-aust…
Robin Perry retweeted
Trees of New Guinea:
- Guide to all 693 genera
- Fully illustrated
- PDF available on request!
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Robin Perry retweeted
A moment before the war - we were in Israel and the West Bank a few weeks ago documenting rising tensions there before the Israel/Gaza war - this is our 30-minute report
youtu.be/H7fG0FeVc1o?si=xQ2I…
#foreigncorrespondent @ABCTV
Robin Perry retweeted
Interesting from Jose Ramos-Horta this morning on @RNBreakfast - he says China *turned down* requests from Timor Leste to help develop police and military infrastructure because of Australian "sensitivities"
He's also v bullish on Greater Sunrise; solution by "early next year"
Robin Perry retweeted
The certainty with which The Economist approaches most economic questions about which we have the foggiest notions never ceases to amaze me.
Just in case you were wondering where @TheEconomist stands on this whole end of neoliberalism/new Washington consensus thing ...
Robin Perry retweeted
A photograph of an intense card game in Bogor, Indonesia has won this year’s CEWE Photo Award, beating over half a million other entries.
The CEWE Photo Award 2023 photo competition had 10 different categories celebrating the theme '‘Our world is beautiful’. This week, the 10 winning images from 509,612 entries were announced.
Ariani Dikye, from Indonesia, was judged to have captured the best photograph, with her photograph “Warung kopi” which was selected as winner of both the ‘people’ category and the overall contest.
"Warung kopi – a place where people meet and hang out in Bogor, Indonesia" - Photograph: Dikye Ariani
cewe.co.uk/cewe-photo-award.…
Robin Perry retweeted
Respect for Australia in the Pacific will be elevated by a positive Yes vote. It is almost inconceivable to us that this may not happen, but that possibility fills us with dread. A no vote will be a blow to our relationship, especially perceptions of Aust in our general public – at Vanuatu
