Senate debates
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Committees
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference
12:32 pm
Anne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source
At the request of Senator Gallacher, I move:
That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 26 November 2015:
The delivery and effectiveness of Australia's bilateral aid program in Papua New Guinea (PNG), with particular reference to:
(a) the political, economic and social objectives of Australia's aid;
(b) the role of multilateral and regional organisations, non-government organisations, Australian civil society and other donors;
(c) scope for increasing private sector involvement in sustainable economic growth and reducing poverty;
(d) scope for expanding private sector partnerships in leveraging private sector investment and domestic finance;
(e) improving PNG's progress towards internationally recognised development goals;
(f) supporting inclusive development by investing in good governance, health and education, law and justice and women's empowerment;
(g) establishing realistic performance benchmarks to assess aid outcomes against set targets and to improve accountability; and
(h) the extent to which development outcomes in PNG can be improved by learning from successful aid programs in other countries.
Question agreed to.
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