Pacific Aid Map 2024 Key Findings

Alexandre Dayant, Riley Duke, Nasirra Ahsan, Roland Rajah, and Hervé Lemahieu

19 December 2024

22 min

PME All levels

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Australia remains the largest Pacific aid donor with China replacing the US as the second. Beijing now targets specific nations for influence and, strategic competition has shifted aid to infrastructure. Loan-financed projects dominate infrastructure funding.

READ: Pacific Aid Map 2024 Key Findings

References

The Interpreter: High factual reporting
COLLECTIONS/The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE GUIDELINES LEARNING OUTCOMES ETC)

Pacific Aid Map 2024 Key Findings

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