SMU Office of Research – Assessing the effectiveness of international aid across Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country and an archipelago of around 17,000 islands, is no easy task. But ...

South Korea and Indonesia have discussed ways to pursue development aid projects in an integrated and effective direction ...

Viviane Kouame, Ivorian chocolate artisan, works during the production of chocolates at Chocovi, her chocolate factory in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 10, 2024 REUTERS/Luc Gnago The Global Fragility Act ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces a major defense spending increase, funded by deep cuts to foreign aid—raising concerns about the future of global development and humanitarian efforts. Foreign ...

Development assistance has long been an effective and powerful foreign policy tool, with major powers like the U.S. and China using development engagement to not only achieve their own security and ...

While development aid is an often-overlooked aspect in bilateral relations and geopolitics, international development cooperation is a prominent foreign policy tool for China, as was foreign aid for ...

Patricia Justino receives funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Laura Saavedra-Lux does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...