Development Bulletin 43 (1997). New directions for Australian aid delivery

CONTENTS: DISCUSSION SERIES: Whither development assistance? / Helen Hughes, page 5. Building assistance for development on firmer foundations / Penelope Schoeffel, page 8. Aid procurement- to tie or not to tie? / Sandy Cuthbertson, page II. Enlightening the poor: ODA and rural electrification / Paul Bryce, page 13. New directions for Australian aid delivery / Russell Rollason, page 17. Aid: Prospects for Pacific partnership / Rodney Cole, page 20. NGO capacity building in the Pacific / John Taylor, page 23. The role ofNGOs in advancing sustainable development / Gordon Knowle , page 27. VIEWPOINT: Ten reasons why what we're doing may not help: Aid, poverty and development / A. Crosbie Walsh, page 30. The ESD stumble could herald a bigger fall for Australia's aid programme / Lee Rhiannon, page 34. Assisting the threatened: The shortcomings of one well-intentioned aid project / Sean Dorney, page 36. FROM THE FIELD: Mekong Delta rice-shrimp farming project, page 39. SHALOM - A community response to AIDS in Churachandpur, India, page 40. Forestry recovery in Eritrea: A case study of successful NGO-scientific collaboration / Joe Siegle, page 41. FROM THE PRESS, page 43. CONFERENCES, page 46. PUBLICATIONS, page 55. COURSES, page 70. RESOURCES, page 73. BRIEFING PAPER: A new role for NGOs in development? / Joe RemenyiANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Resource Management in Asia Pacific Program; AusAI