World Bank data show PNG's food tax cut delivered little to the poorest households, with most savings captured by stores and ...

Household data reveal how Pacific remittances and state assistance reach the poor differently, informing the migration debate ...

Why PNG's high fertility rate reflects a family planning access gap, not a knowledge gap, and what a funded national program ...

Solomon Islands treaty, Pacific Forum pledges, Fiji HIV emergency and new reports on humanitarian funding cuts.

This article recounts, as a lesson-learning exercise, a chain of events that played out in the 1990s — financial misconduct ...

Original PNG data and a Simbu case study examine whether El Niño drought risks fuelling sorcery accusation-related violence ...

Why has Pacific life expectancy lagged global gains? Income, access to overseas health care and governance all play a role.

Analysis of Australia's backpacker visa cuts and what they mean for PALM seasonal worker numbers in agriculture.

PNG is home to many rural and remote schools. Jiwaka is situated in the central highlands and is itself a relatively remote province. Jimi is the most remote of Jiwaka’s three districts. It is home to ...

Three years seems like a long time ago in today’s world — pre-Trump 2.0, pre-Gaza conflict and pre-Iran War. So, the August 2023 launch of the Albanese Labor government’s International Development ...

Almost everyone involved in humanitarian aid agrees that more “localisation of aid” is a good thing. From staff in small NGOs to leaders in multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, few would admit ...

The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) visa is one of very few of Australia’s temporary work visas — and by far the biggest — that mandates family separation. Long-time PALM analyst Peter Mares ...