Antipodean apathy on Syria continues (Jo Spratt, Crawford School ANU)

Five years in, and despite a ceasefire largely holding, people are still dying in the Syrian conflict. To assess what wealthy countries are doing to help ameliorate this ongoing catastrophe, Oxfam measures these countries’ financial and refugee intake contributions in their regular ‘Fair Share Analysis’ [pdf]. (See here for a 2014 antipodean summary.) The latest Fair Share Analysis was issued in the lead-up to the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ donor conference in London last month, where US$11 billion was pledged (US$5.9 billion for 2016 and US$5.4 billion for the years 2017-2020). What did Australia and New Zealand do in 2015 to contribute their fair share? And how can they lift their game in 2016?

http://devpolicy.org/antipodean-apathy-syria-20150315/