NZADDs Speaking Tour

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Dates and venues are confirmed for the upcoming NZADDs talks:

Auckland
Aid and Growth – Should New Zealand’s Aid Programme Focus on Economic Development?
21 March 2011, 5-7pm
Room 403-403, Engineering Building, 20 Symonds Street
Speaker, Terence Wood with discussants, Associate Professor Ken Jackson and Dr. Anita Lacey
No RSVP required – all welcome

In this talk former NZAID staffer Terence Wood will examine whether a focus on economic development is the best possible way an aid agency can attempt to bring about development more generally.

Dunedin
The Changing World of NZ Aid
1:00pm – 1:50pm, Wednesday 23 March
Speaker, Terence Wood
Room: Burns 7, Albany St, Dunedin Campus, Otago University
No RSVP required – all welcome

In this talk former NZAID staffer Terence Wood will discuss what has changed in the New Zealand aid programme since the National government took power in 2008. He will discus what has changed and why.

Wellington
Aid and Growth: Should New Zealand Aid Focus on Economic Development?
Seminar presented by Terence Wood,
Discussant Geoff Bertram
Friday 25 March 2011, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Government Buildings Lecture Theatre Two, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University
No RSVP required – all welcome

In this talk former NZAID staffer Terence Wood will examine whether a focus on economic development is the best possible way an aid agency can attempt to bring about development more generally.

For more information see our events page. If you have any questions please contact us.

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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