CANBERRA — The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently announced the recipients of the latest round of the Business Partnerships Platform to support Australian aid objectives in India — a program managed by Palladium to promote private sector engagement in development. The projects are focused on women’s empowerment, improved health, and access to clean energy.
As we await the announcement from the third round of the partnerships, economic counselor Timothy Kendall from the Australian High Commission in New Delhi, India, discussed the importance of these partnerships for both DFAT and the recipients in a recent interview with Devex.
Here is the interview, edited for length and clarity.