The primary argument of this article seeks to highlight the irresponsible and insensitive categorisation of the Pacific peoples as ‘climate refugees’. International actors’ interpretation and use of such a term is...
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A framework for understanding aid effectiveness determinants, strategies and tradeoffs
Prominent reform agendas for aid abound. How do they relate to each other? This article tries to organise the aid reform literature by proposing a general framework for thinking about the...
A little less conversation? Track II Dialogue and transboundary water governance
Foreign aid donors are increasingly investing in the good governance of freshwater resources in developing countries. One method used by many such programs is Track II Dialogue—informal discussions between government and...
A new regional Cold War? American and Chinese posturing in the Pacific
International relations | Asia
It is often argued that the United States and Chinese engagement in the Pacific manifests a clash of foreign policies that mimics the cold war confrontation of the post-World War II...
A proposal to integrate price mechanisms into international climate negotiations
Economics and finance | The World
The Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change continue their efforts to forge a new binding international agreement by 2015. This article proposes to adapt international negotiations to...
Access to safe drinking water and sanitation in Indonesia
In 1990, 30 per cent of Indonesian population had no access to improved drinking water source. Almost 65 per cent lacked access to improved sanitation—and almost 40 per cent defecate in the open. One of the Millennium...