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

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

In the ancestral oral tradition of Kiribati, survival at sea has never been passive. Gilbertese tradition honours Nei Nimanoa, the voyager goddess and guardian ancestress of te tia borau (navigators).

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...