Annmaree O’Keeffe AM

Nonresident Fellow
Areas of expertise

Pacific and PNG; international development assistance; international health challenges; global issues impacting on indigenous peoples

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Annmaree O’Keeffe AM is a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute. Previously with Australia's former foreign aid agency, AusAID, from 1986 to 2009, her various positions included Ambassador for HIV/AIDS and Deputy Director General. She has served as Australia’s Ambassador to Nepal and was Minister-Counsellor for Development Assistance in Papua New Guinea. Before joining AusAID, Annmaree worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva. Annmaree was chair of Australia's national commission for UNESCO (2013-2017) and a founding board member of the Asia Pacific Business Coalition for AIDS. She is currently the chair of the Foundation for Development Cooperation. 

Australian media: missing in action on Bougainville
Australian media: missing in action on Bougainville
But you can count on New Zealand – again!
Bougainville’s Panguna – “a challenging opportunity”
Bougainville’s Panguna – “a challenging opportunity”
Opportunities in Bougainville won’t be easily or quickly realised, and certainly not without community support.
Deciding the future for PNG’s provinces
Deciding the future for PNG’s provinces
Bougainville’s independence referendum is on the horizon. The prospect of autonomy in other provinces is also growing.
PNG: new friend versus old, APEC and polio 
PNG: new friend versus old, APEC and polio 
Australia and China are playing out an aid-funded geostrategic dance, with Port Moresby the chosen venue.
Tuberculosis: a good news story from PNG with thorns
Tuberculosis: a good news story from PNG with thorns
A campaign in Western Province seems to be achieving its goals, but TB is a disease that thrives on poverty.
The fall and fall of Australia’s aid program
The fall and fall of Australia’s aid program
The White Paper diminishes and stifles Australia's international development story.
Cholera in Yemen: A totally preventable catastrophe
Cholera in Yemen: A totally preventable catastrophe
'This cholera scandal is entirely man-made by the conflicting parties and those beyond Yemen’s borders, who are leading, supplying, fighting and perpetuating the fear and fighting…
Strengthening the Asian Development Bank in 21st century Asia
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Strengthening the Asian Development Bank in 21st century Asia
The pace of change in Asia and new and more flexible sources of finance mean that the Asian Development Bank needs to continue to demonstrate its relevance to donors and borrowers…
Why Asia still needs a development bank
Why Asia still needs a development bank
A dramatic increase in lending (up almost threefold from the year 2000) will increase pressure on the ADB to approve new loans and create a pipeline of bankable projects.
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