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 ...
The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University.
The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University.
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.
In May 1989, PNG’s Bougainville copper mine was permanently shut down after disgruntled landowners supported by the Bougainville Revolutionary Army began sabotaging critical mine infrastructure. A ...
The tumultuous dispute over the selection of the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), which led to Micronesian countries deciding to withdraw from the premier regional organisation, ...