I was raised and grew-up in a village in the West Sepik province on Papua New Guinea, in a coastal...
Category - Pacific and PNG
Thinking about PNG’s COVID-19 economic response: part 2
Our first post outlined Papua New Guinea’s fiscal response and monetary easing measures in response...
Thinking about PNG’s COVID-19 economic response: part 1
The COVID-19 pandemic could not have arrived at a worse time for Papua New Guinea. In addition to...
COVID-19 and emergency care in the Pacific
An effective health response to the COVID-19 pandemic requires public health, epidemiological...
How PNG lost US$120 million and the future of deep-sea mining
In January this year, the managing director of Papua New Guinea’s Mineral Resources Authority...
COVID-19 and its likely impact on the tuna industry in the...
The importance of tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) cannot be underestimated...
Studying in a male-dominated environment
I was born and raised in a female-dominated household, with my mother playing dual parental roles...
The Pacific’s economic response to COVID-19: will it be...
COVID-19, which started in Wuhan, China, has become a global pandemic. Just like the rest of the...
PNG’s economic stimulus: an assessment
Besides its direct effect on people’s lives, COVID-19 will significantly impact businesses and the...
Tonga’s double whammy: COVID-19 and tropical cyclones
Trigger warning: the following post contains content on sexual assault that some readers may find...