12.3 - 12.4 Australian aid: Partnerships and Priorities

The Australian government's overseas aid program is managed by: 

• AUSaid
• DFAT
• GovAID
• DAFT

In which region does Australia focus its aid program?

• America

• Indo-Pacific

• Africa

• Europe

DFAT provide aid to low- and middle-income countries by:

• Providing funds to multilateral organisations such as the UN

• Providing bilateral support to governments and policy-makers

• Funding the work of non-government organisations such as World Vision

• All of the above

How many priorities are there in Australia's aid program?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Providing advice to low- and middle-income countries on financial management within their governments is an example of which priority?

• Education and health

• Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness

• Effective governance: policies, institutions and economies

• Agriculture, fisheries and water

Australia worked in partnership with Papua New Guinea to reconstruct bridges and roads destroyed by cyclones, helping to promote economic growth.

• Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness

• Effective governance: policies, institutions and functioning economies

• Building resilience: humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection

• Education and health

Australia is funding initiatives to assist children, including from ethnic minority groups in Laos, Myanmar and the Phillipines to access education and training.

• Gender Equality: Empowering women and girls

• Effective governance: policies, institutions and functioning economies

• Education and health

• Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness

DFAT assisted in a campaign empowering Indonesian women to combat corruption and address gender equality in the Pacific region.

• Education and health

• Agriculture, fisheries and water

• Gender equality: empowering women and girls

• Effective governance: policies, institutions and functioning economies

Microfinance involves lending small amounts of money at a low-interest rate so people can purchase resources require to start their own business.

Which Australian aid priority is this an example of?

• Gender equality: Empowering women and girls

• Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitivess

• Education and health

• Effective governance: policies, institutions and functioning economies

DFAT send staff to conflict and disaster-affected areas to provide immediate support and emergency supplies such as medical kits, blankets, temporary shelter, food ration packs and drinking water.

Which Australian aid priority is this an example of?

• Agriculture, fisheries and water

• Education and health

• Gender equality: empowering women and girls

• Building resilience: humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection