Creating a future without poverty: In conversation with Philip Alston, Sabina Alkire and Sharon Bessell

Join Mark Kenny as he talks to three of the world’s leading voices on poverty measurement, research, and eradication about creating a post-COVID future without poverty. Is such a future possible? What steps must the world take now to end poverty in all its forms, everywhere, by 2030?

The heterogeneous impacts of tariffs and NTM on total factor productivity of Indonesian firms

Krisna Gupta presents his PhD research on the impacts of trade policy on Indonesian firms.

2020 aid budget breakfast

On Wednesday 7 October, the morning after the Federal Budget was delivered, as the Devpolicy team went through the numbers to find out what the future holds for Australia’s aid engagement.

ECI Public Forum: Digging deeper into the Technology Investment Roadmap

The Australian Government’s Technology Investment Roadmap and First Low Emissions Technology Statement outline various technologies aimed at reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Women's empowerment in Indonesian agriculture: Does productivity matter?

Umi Yaumidin presents her final PhD paper on female empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity.

Introduction to National Security: Critical Conversations

This engaging three-day program introduces participants to the central issues, threats, challenges and opportunities that underpin Australia’s national security environment.

Participants will improve their understanding of Australia’s national security environment; hear from a range of thought leaders and experts; build a network; and enhance their ability to conduct critical conversations.

Economics of green hydrogen

Longden investigates the viability of green hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel, identifying conditions under which it will be cost-competitive with traditional fuels.

Policy essentials series

While the world of policy is often chaotic and unpredictable, academic concepts and frameworks can help policy makers to understand how policy issues are identified and analysed and the major policy instruments available to government in reaching and communicating its decisions. This Series will explain how policy is made at the national level, highlighting the importance of understanding your minister and the government for whom you work.

EL1 National Security Development Program: Framing the Future

This interactive and practical nine-day program will deepen participants’ understanding of the national security community and the range of strategic challenges it faces - now and into the future.

Participants will gain insight into the issues and forces of change affecting the strategic environment; build lasting professional networks; and gain exposure to a diversity of views and critical thinking on how Australia’s national security future might best be framed.

Measuring economic development with daytime satellite imagery

Raschky uses satellite imagery and corresponding ground truth data to predict regional fixed capital and then to construct regional GDP per capita.

Measuring well-being for a sustainable & desirable future

RE&D Scholar Associate Professor Ida Kubiszewski will present her research insights on measuring wellbeing. The seminar will be facilitated by Maeve Powell.

Pacific labour mobility and remittances in times of COVID-19

This webinar presented findings from a recent World Bank phone survey of Pacific seasonal workers and their employers, and from phone-based interviews of Pacific diaspora groups in Australia and New Zealand.

FDI and immigration complementarity and industrial upgrading in Malaysia

Stewart Nixon presents his PhD research on investment, immigration, and industrial upgrading in Malaysia

Policy Essentials: using evidence and data for good policy design and implementation

This course builds on Policy Essentials: what you need to know to design and implement good policy to help participants to identify and deal with the challenges in developing evidence-informed policy and programs. The course will include how to critique evidence when you are not an expert and have little time. There will be a particular emphasis on how to communicate evidence for greatest policy impact and to guide program implementation using a range of real-world examples for illustration.

Local crowdfunding for low-emission agriculture

Marit Kragt reports on an experiment in which farmers were encouraged to adopt climate change mitigation actions using crowdfunding finance.

The spatial spillovers of migration on education

Chris Cabuay presents his PhD research on migration and human capital spillovers

Post-war tax reviews and the Asprey Blueprint

After World War II, international attention turned to economic reconstruction and the transition back to peace-time.