Andrew Hewett argues in The Age that aid to Afghanistan will be more effective if the Afghan people have a say in the process

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Meredith Burgmann, president of ACFID, reflects on Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd's performance at the recent UN Summit on the MDGs.

Tim Costello writes in the Drum about the need to get behind aid initiatives that so emphatically prove to be effective.

Stand Up in Sydney 2010 - the Minning Minni Kaiwarine Indigenous Family Dance group perform at First Fleet Park alongside the In Rhythm drummers.

Gillian Marshall gives us a wrap-up of Stand Up events in Queensland

Mashable reports that the US AID Department plan to launch a website enabling the tracking of their assistance to foreign countries.

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty gives their rundown on the outcome of the UN MDG Summit