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NZADDs Commentary – John McKinnon

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The following commentary is written by NZADDs steering committee member Dr John McKinnon. In it Dr McKinnon provides his analysis of the findings of the OECD Development Assistance Committee peer review of the New Zealand aid programme. To find out more about Dr McKinnon please go to the NZADDs about page. To download a printer-friendly PDF of his commentary click here. Or, just keep reading to read it online…

Reading Between the Lines: Summary of DAC Review of NZ ODA 2010 – John McKinnon

Ever polite, the latest OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) peer review of New Zealand Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) follows a long established tradition. The DAC experts, the well educated critical thinkers who prepare these texts, are apparently instructed above all to show respect for the member nation whose work is being reviewed.

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In the Media and Speaking Dates

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In the Media

Terence Wood from NZADDs was interviewed by Radio New Zealand International recently. You can access two short articles based on this interview here and here. And you can read an article based on the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ response here.

Speaking Dates

We now have dates and times for our NZADDs speaking tour in March.

Monday 21 March: 5-7pm at Auckland University. Topic: “Is Economic Development an Appropriate Focus for an Aid Agency?”

Wednesday 23 March from 1.00pm to 1.50pm at Otago University, Dunedin. Topic: “The Changing World of New Zealand Aid”

Friday 25 March from 12.30pm (we think) at Victoria University, Wellington. Topic: “Is Economic Development an Appropriate Focus for an Aid Agency?”

As soon as we have finalsed venues for these talks we will place more information on the website and send out an email update to the Info Group.