Publication type: Policy

Title: A strategy for Quad biotechnology collaboration

Author(s): Dirk van der Kley,Daniel Pavlich

Excerpt:

In this paper, Dirk van der Kley and Daniel Pavlich discuss the importance of biotechnology, how the Quad countries and can leverage each other’s’ strengths to advance their capabilities and provide recommendations on the areas of collaboration.

Date of publication: 2023

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Publication type: Policy

Title: Cold logic: getting intelligent about Antarctica

Author(s): Bond, I,Mortensen, J

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In this Policy Options Paper, the authors outline why Antarctica is key to understanding global climate drivers. They argue that investment in Antarctic climate science offers a compelling value proposition for reducing Australia’s losses to natural disasters, and outline its potential to encourage international cooperation in the region.

Key points

• Antarctica is key to understanding global climate drivers. However, more research is required to improve climatology and climate model projections.

Date of publication: 2023

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Publication type: Policy

Title: Good Neighbours: Strengthening environmental security in the Indian Ocean region

Author(s): Brewster, D,Bergin, A

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In coming years, the Indian Ocean region (IOR) will experience a significant number of security threats associated with climate change and the impact of other human activities on the natural environment.

Date of publication: 2023

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Publication type: Policy

Title: Options for Australia, France, India trilateral cooperation: building an Indian Ocean partnership

Author(s): Brewster, D,Medcalf, R,Baruah, D,Bondaz, A

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In this Policy Options Paper, the authors put forward options for Australia, France and India trilateral cooperation in the India Ocean. They outline four key areas of opportunity: regional disaster management arrangements; building an oil spill modelling and mitigation system; fisheries governance; and protection of undersea cables.

Date of publication: 2022

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Publication type: Policy

Title: Triple constellation: AUKUS in space

Author(s): Citowicki, P

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In this Policy Options Paper, Philip Citowicki puts forward a case for why Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom should work together, through AUKUS, to bolster their space capabilities using economies of scale and technology sharing.

Date of publication: 2022

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Publication type: Working paper

Title: Cash subsidies for the poor: Evaluating Thailand’s welfare card scheme

Author(s): Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

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This paper examines the poverty-reducing effect of a large-scale unconditional cash transfer program (“the state welfare card scheme”) launched by the government of Thailand in 2017 that covers over 20 per cent of the country’s population. The program’s impact on monetary poverty, measured by consumption expenditure per capita, is estimated using nationally representative household socio-economic survey data collected in 2019. Using a sharp regression discontinuity design, the study finds that the programme does not reduce monetary poverty, as intended.

Date of publication: 2022

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Publication type: Working paper

Title: Manufacturing productivity and firm ownership in a transition economy: Analytical issues and evidence from Vietnam

Author(s): Prema-chandra Athukorala,Hai Thanh Nguyen

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This paper contributes to the fledgling literature on firm ownership and manufacturing productivity in transition economies by drawing on the experience of Vietnam. The empirical analysis uses a new a new establishment-level panel dataset over the period 2006-2017.

Date of publication: 2022

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Publication type: Working paper

Title: Problems with recording the spread of COVID-19 in developing countries: Evidence from a phone survey in Indonesia

Author(s): Budy P. Resosudarmo,Rus'an Nasrudin,Pyan A. Muchtar,Usep Nugraha,Anna Falentina

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During the COVID-19 pandemic governments in developing countries tended to underestimate the actual spread of the pandemic due to limited number of tests. To provide alternative to the government announced COVID-19 figures, many non-governmental agencies/individuals used various methods to gather data on the spread of the pandemic. One of the methods applied is phone survey approach of directly asking respondents whether they are infected and how the sickness impacts on their livelihood.

Date of publication: 2022

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