Australia's foreign aid since 1945: National values and aid allocation

该项目旨在分析澳大利亚的动机及其与第二次世界大战以来外援分配的联系。除了减少贫困和提高国外生活水平外，援助始终与其他利益相联系，如促进安全、经济机会和其他成果。该项目将研究澳大利亚援助方案中确定的价值观与地理优先事项之间的关系。通过将历史与应用经济学的社会科学重新联系起来，它将为进一步的研究提供方法论路径，包括对其他政府提供援助的可比研究。该项目预计将增加对澳大利亚在世界事务中的作用以及援助对澳大利亚国际声誉的重要性的理解。

This project aims to analyse Australian motives and their connectedness to the allocation of foreign aid since the Second World War. In addition to reducing poverty and lifting living standards abroad, aid has always been linked to other interests such as the promotion of security, economic opportunity and other outcomes. This project will research relationships between identified values and geographical priorities in Australia's aid programme. In reconnecting history with the social science of applied economics, it will provide methodological paths for further research, including comparable studies of other governments giving aid. This project expects to add to understanding of Australia's role in world affairs and the significance of aid in Australia's international reputation.