The delivery and effectiveness of Australia‘s bilateral aid program in Papua New Guinea (PNG), with particular reference to:

1. the political, economic and social objectives of Australia‘s aid;
2. the role of multilateral and regional organisations, non-government organisations, Australian civil society and other donors;
3. scope for increasing private sector involvement in sustainable economic growth and reducing poverty;
4. scope for expanding private sector partnerships in leveraging private sector investment and domestic finance;
5. improving PNG‘s progress towards internationally-recognised development goals;
6. supporting inclusive development by investing in good governance, health and education, law and justice and women‘s empowerment;
7. establishing realistic performance benchmarks to assess aid outcomes against set targets and to improve accountability; and
8. the extent to which development outcomes in PNG can be improved by learning from successful aid programs in other countries.