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I would love Dulciana Somare Brash to be nominated to stand for NCD Governor seat. Why? 1 Sepik has a strong assimilation to accommodate the male lineage, Sepiks mental mode is that a male leads, females take the back stage. If she wins its is Divine intervention. Dynasty lineage is not guaranteed in the Sepik. Cultural norms and values leaning towards the 'haus man/haus tambaran' is ingrained. And overtime will mellow, not yet. 2. NCD governor seat is strategic for Dulciana to get in Parliament. Most of her voters are educated and are not influenced by 'mob rule' or cultural gravitation. Most females will vote for her. She has to a larger degree her voters by marriage. PNG'S biggest decision making factors when it comes to voting is relational. She by marriage may make a difference on the female votes and male. 3. The late GCSMS legacy is national. It is only fitting to stand for the NCD Governor seat to promote the dynasty.

Thank you Bryan for the correction.

i fully agree 🙂

Minor correction paragraph 4. "PANGU endorsed Dulciana Somare, who contested for the East Sepik provincial seat and finished in fourth place. She amassed a total of 121,178 votes, that is, 5.7% of the total votes cast." Dulicana she did not amass 122,178 votes, she polled a total of 20,029 - 10,673 primary votes and 9,356 preference votes.

Good analysis of the family political dynasties. It is interesting how female daughters contested but have not been elected. I personally do not think the family name is what could give daughters the upper hand in wining an election. I believe it is more an issue of gender biais and cultural lineages. And in most circumstances males have a higher chance of been elected than the female. And the ideology that man is true leader. Societies attitude needs to chance in adapting the ideology that female are also leaders in society and they are great leaders.

Great analysis on the female candidates. Political dynasties in the regional scape is a bit different when it comes to the gender and the four regions in PNG. I think there is a greater chance for a male son of a politician getting elected compared to females in the Sepiks, Highlands and Southern region compared to a female candidate due to the cultural alignments in those areas. In the New Guinea Islands, its different. Political Dynasties are still at the infant stages of progress.

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Nice piece I enjoyed reading it

A recent migration amendment for the Ag visa has revealed that the visa fee will be $630AUD/worker. So, exactly double the cost for PALM. From the MYEFO we can estimate that: By 2022/23: ~7500 workers By 2023/24: ~14500 workers With that number the same for 2024/25, so presumably the 'upper limit' for Ag visa worker numbers to grow to is roughly 15k. This number would be smaller than the current number of Pacific workers here now, as well as the ~50k prescreened Pacific workers waiting to come here now.

Helo from Vanuatu. There are also many non monetary factors (similar in Vanuatu) that can influence demand for credit: a) The low level of financial literacy tend to be popular at micro level target market which could create "perceived fear"amongst potential clients from borrowing b): Issues with access to markets where borrowers can sell their produce promptly whenever harvests are due and buyers are available c) infrastructure issues to get to funding locations , d) heavy logistic processes or procedures (paper work) for a basic Finance Model, d) Lack of ongoing consistent support given to borrowers which otherwise could detect early signs of credit problems, etc. Also, strong influence of pacific culture in mixing business with our traditional style of managing finance complicate matters at times. Culture factor can also extends to shying away from informing financial institutions when we have loan problems or switched to "silent mode" until last minute pressure from MFI. Anywhere in the Pacific, what we need is building "Financial Clinics" (not just health clinics) in rural communities in proximity to borrowers locations to provide instant reliable management advisory support to those struggling, hence, reducing default rates and empowering borrowers. Those MFI also need to be innovative to create basic products that best align with client financial circumstances and not over lend. Financial staff must educate themselves on national economic trends of emerging new markets so they can create new lending products to attract new set of customers plus diversifying credit portfolio minimising risks. I think it is important for Financial institutions to start considering investment on Fintec technology to use for MFI which will minimise a lot of costs to borrowers and increase their productivity. The level of Financial Awareness (Financial literacy) must match the level of Lending business volumes, especially for Pacific market to be successful!

Thanks for the response Joe. Cheers

Hi Augugsto, I would be really interested to read your research if possible? Thanks, Brad.