Policy Research Intern
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
The Development Policy Centre is one of Australia's leading think tanks for aid and development. It specialises in independent research and promoting practical initiatives to improve the effectiveness of Australian aid and development policies in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Island region.As a Policy Research Intern under the Australian National Internship Program, I was tasked with writing a four thousand word research paper. I engaged in quantitative research looking at the perceptions of Australian NGOs towards localisation. My research found that all NGOs talked about working with local partners, however, only half talked about localisation, while only two engaged in direct cash transfers.As an intern I was also involved in Devpol's Weekly Migration Newsletter, I research relevant news articles and helped to write up the Centre's weekly newsletter. I was also involved in the planning and facilitation of the Development Policy Forum. The Forum served as a gathering point for development-related stakeholders in the public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors.