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From Richard Caven on Aid and the Pacific in the Coalition’s third term
Have observed the ability of PM Morrison to bond with PNG and Pacific leaders with his heavily identifiable christian credentials. It might transcend the declining direct aid budget and difficulty of obtaining aid in reasonable timeframes
From Peter on Chinese aid to the Pacific and the Caribbean
Good article. This should be a lesson on the distribution of aid. The Chinese come in, do their deal directly on whatever it takes and move in their own workers immediately to commence construction. Meanwhile Western donors go through this elaborate planning, evaluation, bidding, deployment process with balanced recruitment and get contractors from all over to carry out the work with elaborate monitoring and reporting. The western aid is tied to hopeful friendship but not for a vote in the UN or use of ports etc. People don't learn from history as this is what happened previously in Africa where the USA and Russia had similar policies until Russia collapsed and the Americans found it didn't bring support.
From Terence Wood on Chinese aid to the Pacific and the Caribbean
Great article thanks guys. I don't mean to be picky but Lowy Data are incomplete for 2017 & 18 (it says this on the cover page of their website). Amongst other matters they are incomplete for NZ, which is the second largest bilateral donor if disbursements are measured for those years for which there are full data 2012-2016.
From Nama Chad on Through the lens of a seasonal worker
This story has shown us perseverance but even more it has shown us that education is a PRIVILEGE and NOT a RIGHT.
Thank'you for shairing your wonderful and inspiring story.
From Pascal A on Through the lens of a seasonal worker
Enjoyed this wonderful story, he has come a long way and wishing you all the very best in the future years to come.
From Jimmy Boga on Midwifery and maternal health in Papua New Guinea
Many mother in today situation the problem they face was the lack of laboratory equipment and the hospital property in bad condition that cause pregnancy mother to deliver or giving birth in poor condition this is because of miss management of government funding in the district,province and and the national government. In addition government must provide all necessary need in hospital to solve this situation.
From Molynda Dongme on A tax on mobile phones in PNG?
There are two opposing sides on this. A tax would be beneficial if the tax revenue is used in facilitating economic growth and development. Yes, it would cost the country's welfare in terms of the cost of communication being handed down to the end users and various other constraint will be faced. But on the upside, infrastructure development from tax revenue will greatly assist economic development in the long run. The only question is, if the tax is implemented, how will the tax revenue be used?
From Samuel Gwon on A tax on mobile phones in PNG?
Monopoly brings corruption and unfair transaction. It must be stopped for the people. People and government can become likely to be a hostage by a company in the monopoly market. Turnover tax is like VAT. It is charged on companies but it increases the burden to poor PNG consumers.
I don't think that Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien, the owner of Digicel, doesn't understand how to rightly pay the corporate income tax in PNG. He is manipulating local governments and their unsophisticated taxation where he operates telecommunication business. They are mostly undeveloped and highly corrupted countries across the Caribbean, Central America, and Oceania regions.
I think that the corporate income tax must be firstly improved to collect the tax revenue for PNG government public service rather than introducing the turnover tax shifting the burden to PNG mobile communication consumers.
A considerate bill most of the people can consent to makes people trust their government!
From Camilla Burkot on How not to address maternal mortality
Hello Gabriel, thank you for your comment. You are quite right. I'd like to note that at the time this post was published, the photo caption clearly stating the origin of the photo was visible, but it was lost in the intervening years when this blog was re-designed. The editors have restored the caption now. Nevertheless, I appreciate your concerns about the perceived misrepresentation and I apologise for that. Thank you,
Camilla
From Pex Tawela on PNG politics: the dawn of a new era?
I believe Bal Kama's report here is based on media reports only and his report have not cited from actual reliable source. What he presented here is the same narration which the opposition had originated.
The real scenario here is that the senior ministers just defected from PNC led government was because they have not been served their request by O'Neill to satisfy their personal needs and not actually for people.
From Cathy Moloney on Through the lens of a seasonal worker