Just a few months after Canada confirmed its development agency would be absorbed into the country’s foreign affairs and trade ministry, now Australia will follow suit.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Wednesday that the foreign aid portfolio would be “integrated” into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade under Julie Bishop to be “more closely aligned” with foreign policy and to cut “duplication and waste.”
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Carlos Santamaria
As associate editor for breaking news, Carlos Santamaria supervises Devex's Manila-based news team and the creation of our daily newsletter. Carlos joined Devex after a decade working for international wire services Reuters, AP, Xinhua, EFE and Philippine social news network Rappler in Madrid, Beijing, Manila, New York and Bangkok. During that time, he also covered natural disasters on the ground in Myanmar and Japan.
