What can Australia do to realise the Government’s commitment to genuine partnerships?

The Development Intelligence Lab recently invited a few development sector experts for their views on how the Australian Government’s new development policy could or should reflect the Government's commitments to build stronger and more meaningful partnerships in the region. Our own Dr Bu Wilson was one of those experts invited to share their views. One of her key messages was that .. “while we wait for the wheels of broader change to turn in the aid program, individual programs can do more to support local organisations through accompaniment  to do one of the things they excel at: knowing how relationships and context really  determine whether an initiative gets any traction.”