Development assistance

Partnerships for Improving Education (PIE) is a five-year program (2022-2027) between the Australian and PNG governments to improve access, equity and student learning outcomes in early grade education (Prep to Grade 2).

The Australia–Bangladesh Development Partnership Plan 2025–2030 (DPP) translates into action the development priorities Australia shares with Bangladesh. The DPP sets out agreed objectives, how we will work together to deliver shared outcomes, and how progress will be monitored.

Since 2017, Australia has played an important role in the humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis and in supporting Bangladesh in responding to regional shocks originating from Myanmar. Our contribution to the crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh – more than $1.25 billion committed since 2017 – is Australia’s largest humanitarian response. 

Australia will support Bangladesh in building up its ability to provide for all its citizens’ needs and to build a more inclusive, stable and resilient society in which social and economic potential is realised.

The next stage of Bangladesh’s development requires Bangladesh to facilitate diversification of manufacturing and the export base and prepare young people to enter the job market for the jobs of tomorrow. 

In June 2021, the Australian government provided AUD 5 million to the Australian Red Cross to on-grant to IFRC and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, to bolster Bangladesh’s preparedness for a COVID-19 crisis and to provide assistance should health systems fail. The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the investment. 

The Tonga Australia Resilient Communities Program (TARCP) is a new five-year partnership with Mainstreaming of Rural Development Innovation (MORDI) to strengthen the resilience and economic prosperity of 122 rural communities across Tonga.

The Australia–Tuvalu Development Partnership Plan 2025-2030 (DPP) translates into action Australia and Tuvalu’s shared development priorities. The DPP reflects the principles and priorities agreed in the Falepili Union and supports the focus areas outlined in Te Kete (Tuvalu's National Development Strategy).

The Australia – Samoa Development Partnership Plan 2024-30 translates into action the development priorities Australia shares with Samoa. The DPP sets out agreed objectives, how we will work together to deliver shared outcomes, and how progress will be monitored.

DFAT commissioned an independent review of its support to IDPoor Phase 3 in 2023 to assess performance and provide a forward-looking assessment of social protection priorities for Cambodia to inform DFAT’s future social protection policy engagement and programming in this space.