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Just a thought experiment: would you say the same thing—that nationally-representative surveys are not the way, and that we need PNG-specific definitions—about the domestic violence statistics gathered from the same survey?

As a novice, failed to understand what does "Went without eating a whole day" means. Does it means "At least Once Per Year" or does it means "At least Once for the duration of the study" (2016 to 2018)? Shouldn't it also be compared with the statistics of developed and developing countries. What's the main reason behind the same, is it the choice of crops, size of farm, soil composition, weather or food spoilage due to lack of storage/ transportation/ distribution infrastructure Furthermore, why are we discussing just about hunger and not nutrition.

Nice work Manoj keep it up

What is "a whole day"? How was that translated into Tok Pisin? Were all those people in Western not eating during the day while they made sago for a meal that night? Many other questions are difficult to understand e.g "kinds of food"; "skip" (many PNGeans do not assume a 3 meals a day diet is normal - only us overweight in developed countries folk do that); "ran out" - possible, so get up early and go to the garden, or ask a neighbour for a sweet potato and give her one back the next time she needs one. Sample surveys like this are not the way to investigate "hunger" and many of the questions suggest a non-PNG way of defining what "hunger" is.

After reposting a service of Al Jazeera on gangs in PNG with the police being just another gang https://bit.ly/pnggangs, and another one the life of a taxi driver in Port Moresby https://bit.ly/pngtaxi, I got a lot of reactions echoing your comment "Police brutality is only perpetrated by a minority of ill-disciplined rogue police officers and does not reflect the mindset of the Royal PNG Constabulary (RPNGC) in its entirety". I take issue with the view that it is about a few rogue police officers. First because the frequency and extent of power police abuse suggest otherwise. Secondly, because the police is part of the political system and is being used to neutralize government opponents, the issue is structural. Finally, in my own experience foreign professors were constantly being asked for bribes or other favours with the menace of violence or deportation. In fact, between 2012 and 2018 I was refused entry to the country 4 times, and in 2018 the foreign Vice Chancellor decided to flee before it would come to that point. This is the tip of the iceberg. I could give numerous examples, but I fear these would be seen as unproven accusations of major corruption of members of the police force, judiciary and the Peter O'Neill government. Unless structural reform of the police force is undertaken, PNG will continue with law and order issues and many cases of disrespect of human rights and the rule of law.

I had emailed my research project on Climate Change Institute to ANU to support the University of Goroka in Papua New Guinea to set up the National Institute of Climate Change in Papua New Guinea.

I am doing a research project in Papua New Guinea to implement the national public sector anti corruption institute of the state. There are three major areas of corruption. Theses are 1. Political corruption of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. 2. State Public Service Corruption of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. 3. Corrupt Mindset of Citizens of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. These are impediments to success in the implementation of Papua New Guinea Vision 2050.

And what about those who came and worked for several months on prunning and are awaiting to go back for in NZ, are they also eligible to go back and work in NZ?

What about those who have worked for several months in 2019 and are still waiting to go back and work in NZ?

Only if men and women, leaders of Papua New Guinea work together truthfully and honestly according to thier vows then the country will be governed well. And CORRUPTION should be stopped in Papua New Guinea.

Very good point.

all of us have had to make sacrifices.. i have not seen my new grandchildren born in 2020 why are Indians returning to india in a pandemic??the second to last perth outbreak was caused by an Indian who returned to india to get married-hardly essential? others in australia have missed out on attending family funerals in 2020-weddings cancelled. etc the PM told everyone to return by march 2020..and yet still Indians are travelling??