Crawford School Dialogue:
Doubling Australian Aid
Venue: Molonglo Theatre, Crawford School, The Australian National UniversityDate: Monday, 7th February, 2011
Time: 9:30am - 5:30pm
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The "Doubling Australian Aid" conference aims to ensure that the Review builds on the best and most recent evidence base available. The one-day conference, which will be attended by Review Panel members, will bring together the latest research on Australian aid.
9.30am - 10am |
Coffee and registration |
10am - 10.05am |
Welcome Tom Kompas, Director, Crawford School |
10.05am - 10.45am |
AusAID reforms Peter Baxter, Director General, Australian Agency for International Development
Chair: Tom Kompas, Director, Crawford School |
10.45am - 11.20am |
What Matters for Aid Effectiveness? Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre This session sets the context for the conference. It provides an overview of the determinants of aid effectiveness, and reflects on the nature of the evidence for effectiveness. Chair: Odo Tevi, Vanuatu Reserve Bank Governor |
| 11.20am - 11.40am | Tea break |
11.40am - 12.30pm |
Panel 1: The Rapidly Changing Aid Scene The aid world is far from static. Traditional donors are changing where and how they give aid. New donors – both public and private sector – are entering the field. New calls are being made on aid funding, including climate change. What are the main trends and what are the implications?
Chair: Andrew Macintyre, Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific |
| 12.30pm - 1.40pm | Lunch |
1.40pm - 2.30pm |
Panel 2A: Asian Case-studies The use of detailed case-studies to draw lessons on aid effectiveness is one of the most promising avenues of research. The first parallel session presents three new case studies from Asia.
Chair: Margaret Callan, Visiting Research Fellow, Crawford School. |
1.40pm - 2.30pm Parallel Session |
Panel 2B: Global Case-Studies The second parallel session presents three case studies from around the world.
Chair: Mark Baird, formerly Vice-President, World Bank |
2.30pm - 3.20pm Parallel Session |
Panel 3A: Aid and Climate Change Climate change is one of the potential game-changers for aid. These two papers present a macro and micro level of how the climate change and aid worlds might collide.
Chair: Frank Jotzo, Director Climate Change Economics and Policy Centre, Crawford School |
2.30pm - 3.20pm Parallel Session |
Panel 3B: Pacific Aid Analysis This session presents analyses of aid to the Pacific, using a variety of qualitative and quantitative techniques.
Chair: Annmaree O'Keeffe, Research Fellow, Lowy Institute and Research Associate, Development Policy Centre |
3.20pm - 3.40pm |
Tea break |
3.40pm - 4.40pm |
Panel 4: The Pacific - aid and integration Australia's aid began in the Pacific, but what is the future of aid to the Pacific? Should it also double, or is the Pacific already over-aided?
Chair: Richard Marles, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for the Pacific |
4.40pm - 5.30pm |
Panel 5: Practitioners' Panel: reflections on aid This panel concludes the conference with reflections from a distinguished panel of aid practitioners.
Chair: Matt Morris, Research Fellow, Crawford School and Deputy Director, Development Policy Centre |
5.30pm |
Close of Conference Sandy Hollway, Chair, Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness |
Drinks |
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