In this article, we use data from the 2013 and 2015 Australian Aid Stakeholder Surveys to gauge the extent of the changes to the Australian Government Aid Program since the 2013 federal election. The two surveys targeted the same set of stakeholders of the aid program, and both gathered data on...

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 national governance. In this article, I explain how...

This paper reports on a survey experiment designed to test whether support for aid is more readily increased by emphasising aid's benefits to the donor country, or by emphasising aid's role in helping people in developing countries. The survey experiment was pre-registered and involved a large,...

This paper reports on public opinion about aid in New Zealand. It details overall levels of support for aid increases as well as views about the purpose of aid. It also reports in aggregate on New Zealander's views about aid effectiveness and development progress. The paper examines the...

This paper analyses survey data to isolate personal traits and beliefs associated with Australians' opinions about Official Development Assistance (ODA), ODA cuts and ODA purpose. The paper shows that support for Australia giving ODA is high in general but higher on the left, among women, among...

What does the Australian public think about foreign aid? This Discussion Paper collates and summarises survey and omnibus poll data collected between 2011 and 2015 on a range of topics related to Australian foreign aid. These include opinions related to the value and objectives of foreign aid,...

In this paper we report on content analysis of the websites and social media feeds of 50 Australian aid NGOs. Overall, on average, NGOs devote more of their internet media space to seeking donations than they do to raising public awareness, or encouraging the public to take action on issues....