How will Australia’s move to re-integrate AusAID and the whole foreign aid portfolio into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade affect private contractors?
The changes in the country’s aid landscape could actually be a very interesting opportunity for the private sector to become more engaged and transform development work, according to Mel Dunn, URS Australia General Manager for International Development and chair of IDC, the country’s top association of private contractors in the industry.
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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.