10:27 AM |
Australian Parliament hears claims of Pacific aid waste
An Australian Parliamentary committee says Pacific states are not doing enough to assist their own development despite years of aid, particularly from Australia.
The report from the Australian Senate's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade committee finds that while small island states have limitations beyond their control, a range of largely-human factors are holding back their potential.
Presenter: Linda Mottram
Speaker: Russell Trood, Australian Liberal Party Senator
Source http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/200911/s2748422.htm
Listen: Windows Media http://www.abc.net.au/ra/pacbeat/stories/m1815118.asx
Colleagues the report they refer to is Volume I - Economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific (19th November)
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
It can be downloaded at http://www.aph.gov.au/SENATE/committee/fadt_ctte/swpacific/report/report.pdf
Libby Cass
Information Specialist
Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE)
The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
Telephone: (679) 323 2787
Fax: (679) 3231532
Email: cass_e@usp.ac.fj
www.paddle.usp.ac.fj
www.usp.ac.fj/pride_resourcecentre
The PRIDE Project is funded by the European Union and NZAID through the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and implemented by USP.
IFLA RSCAO Committee member 2007-2011
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