Arichika Okazaki

Against the backdrop of the global “polycrisis”, the Albanese government is drawing up a new international development policy, a review of Australia’s approach to development finance, and a ten-year capability plan for DFAT. What might this all mean for Australian aid as the Treasurer hands down the 2023-24 Federal Budget on Tuesday 9 May? Join the Development Policy Centre (Devpol) for a virtual aid budget breakfast.

12.30–1.30pm PNG time / 1.30–2.30pm Canberra time Urban household surveys were conducted in 1982 and 1983 in PNG with the aim of describing interhousehold transfers in poorer urban households and the effect of transfers on the wellbeing of those households. Four census units were selected with high proportions of households without wage earners, two in Port Moresby and two in Madang.

12.30–1.30pm PNG time / 1.30–2.30pm Canberra time Fresh food marketplaces are vital to food security, livelihoods, and the national economy in Papua New Guinea. They are spaces of both strong continuity with the past, but also of considerable transformation, particularly in the last 20 years. Marketplaces have spread geographically, and operate more often. There have also been shifts in what is being sold, and who is selling the produce, including the gender composition of vendors.