Australia's vision and policies for development co-operation

Clear political directives, policies and strategies shape Australia’s development co-operation and are in line with international commitments and guidance. The 2008 peer review applauded Australia’s strategic focus on poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its continuous engagement in fragile and conflict-affected states. Since then, Australia has made considerable progress in “institutionalising” its policy in An Effective Aid Program for Australia. This is supported by a four-year strategy to guide future increases in the aid budget - the Comprehensive Aid Policy Framework, which lasts until 2016.