The Australian Government is now putting in place a new performance framework that operates across all levels of the aid program:

• At a strategic level, there will be 10 high level targets to assess the aid program against key goals and priorities
• At a country, regional and partner program level, performance benchmarks will be introduced to measure the effectiveness of our portfolio of investments
• At a project level, robust quality systems will ensure that funding is directed to investments making the most difference.

A key principle underlying the framework is that funding at all levels of the aid program will be linked to progress against a rigorous set of targets and performance benchmarks.

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