COVID-19 in the Pacific territories: Isolation, borders and the complexities of governance [0.03%]
太平洋地区的新冠疫情：隔离、边境与治理的复杂性
John Connell
John Connell
Early experience of COVID-19 in seven Pacific politically dependent territories (Guam, American Samoa, Pitcairn, Tokelau, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, and New Caledonia) emphasises a diversity of contexts, responses, outcomes and po...
Gender, entrepreneurship, and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of GoFood merchants in Indonesia [0.03%]
性别，创业与应对新冠疫情：来自印度尼西亚GoFood商家的证据
Yesim Elhan-Kayalar,Yasuyuki Sawada,Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
Yesim Elhan-Kayalar
This paper examines business performance and crisis-mitigation strategies among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. We utilise a new primary dataset based on administrative records, ...
Novel virus, novel response: Local discretion and responses to COVID-19 in Hebei Province, China [0.03%]
新型病毒下的非常之举——基于河北省的新冠肺炎疫情防控措施及其因地制宜的地方性特征研究
Hong Gao,Adam Tyson,Guangxin Cheng
Hong Gao
The Chinese Communist Party is consolidating one party rule under the leadership of Xi Jinping. Beijing seeks to rule by central mandate while limiting local autonomy. The central government response to the COVID-19 public health emergency ...
What parliamentarians think about Australia's post-COVID-19 aid program: The emerging 'cautious consensus' in Australian aid [0.03%]
澳大利亚国会对新冠疫情后援助项目的看法：“谨慎共识”的形成与演变
Benjamin Day,Tamas Wells
Benjamin Day
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Government has been ambiguous in the way it has communicated the aid budget. On some occasions, it has sought to downplay increases in aid spending, while at other times it has sought...
Further evidence needed to change policy for the safe and effective radical cure of vivax malaria: Insights from the 2019 annual APMEN Vivax Working Group meeting [0.03%]
需要进一步的证据以改变安全有效治愈间日疟疾的政策：来自2019年APMEN间日疟研究小组年度会议的见解
Varunika Sonani Hapuwatte Ruwanpura,Spike Nowak,Emily Gerth-Guyette et al.
Varunika Sonani Hapuwatte Ruwanpura et al.
New diagnostics and treatment options for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria are now available. At the 2019 annual meeting of the Vivax Working Group of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network, participants took part in a rou...
Eliminating again, for the last time: A case study of donor support for malaria in Solomon Islands [0.03%]
一劳永逸：对所罗门群岛防治疟疾外援的一个案例研究
Camilla Burkot,Katherine Gilbert
Camilla Burkot
Malaria elimination has been a recurring policy goal in Solomon Islands and has historically succeeded in attracting substantial donor support. Drawing on literature review and key informant interviews, we examine the influence of foreign a...
Terence Wood,Imogen Nicholls
Terence Wood
In this article we comprehensively document aid volatility (short-term changes in aid flows) and aid fragmentation in the Pacific. We study two types of fragmentation: fragmentation across countries and fragmentation across projects. Our re...
Australian aid projects: What works, where projects work and how Australia compares [0.03%]
澳大利亚的援助项目：哪些有效，何地更有效及澳大利亚如何与他国比较
Terence Wood,Sabit Otor,Matthew Dornan
Terence Wood
In this article, we conduct the first-ever systematic study of Australian aid project appraisals. Using a previously unstudied data set of appraisals, we study project and recipient country factors influencing Australian aid effectiveness. ...
Frauke Urban,Giuseppina Siciliano,Linda Wallbott et al.
Frauke Urban et al.
Vietnam has experienced rapid economic growth over the past few decades, as well as growing environmental pressures. The country is therefore pursuing strategies for green transformations, which are the processes of restructuring to bring e...
The clientelism trap in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, and its impact on aid policy [0.03%]
所罗门群岛和巴布亚新几内亚的客户政治陷阱及其对援助政策的影响
Terence Wood
Terence Wood
Clientelism is a central feature of politics in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Most voters vote in search of personalized or localized benefit, and most politicians focus on delivering benefits to their supporters at the expense of n...