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US Investment Unlocks Trade-Ready Opportunities in Egypt
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Egypt’s agriculture sector is becoming a commercially viable trade partner—with lower post-harvest losses, higher yields, and more private investment from U.S.-aligned firms.
Smoke-Free Cocoa Opens Premium Export Opportunities for PNG
Impact Brief
A low-cost solar innovation is raising incomes, reducing labour, and putting Papua New Guinea’s smallholder cocoa growers on the premium export map.
Fighting on Their Front: Ukraine’s Women Entrepreneurs Are Fueling a Wartime Economy
Impact Brief
How investing in growth for all pays dividends in Ukraine.
Abt’s Buyer-led, Market Systems Approach to Cambodian Horticulture
Project
Millions of Cambodians have risen from poverty, yet many still live in vulnerable conditions. The government of Cambodia recognized that accelerating the growth of the horticulture sector would bring new opportunities, enabling farmers to benefit from…
Strengthening Women’s Economic Equality in Southeast Asia
Project
Through its Investing in Women program, the Australian Government seeks to accelerate women's economic equality.
Strengthening Partnerships Between Australia and Papua New Guinea
Project
Abt Global helps Australian and Papua New Guinean Government aAgencies promote public sector reform and improved governance and stability through strengthened institutional partnerships.
Locally Led, Place-Based Development in Papua New Guinea
Project
The Australia – Papua New Guinea Subnational Program (APSP) supports subnational government engagement in policy dialogue, economic development and service delivery improvements.
Reforms Powering Solomon Islands’ Future
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The Solomon Islands-Australia Partnership for Governance program supports macroeconomic and fiscal stability through specialised technical assistance.
Philippa Venning
Vice President, Program Quality and Strategy
Philippa Venning has more than 25 years of experience working in international development across the Asia Pacific for government, the private sector, multilateral organisations and NGOs.
James Gilling
Regional Vice President, East Asia and Pacific
James Gilling, regional vice president, East Asia and Pacific, has almost 40 years of experience in social and economic development in low- and middle-income countries. He has overseen Australian aid programs worth hundreds of millions of dollars and managed large teams of Australian and overseas staff, including as head of the Australian aid program in Indonesia. James has worked for United Kingdom (UK) and Papua New Guinea governments as an agricultural economist. He has also worked as a consultant economist with Oxford Policy Management in the UK and was an economic analyst with the Office of National Assessments in Australia.