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John Conroy

John Conroy has been an economist and development practitioner since 1968, with extended periods working in PNG and Indonesia. He is currently a Visitor at the Development Policy Centre.

2 April 2025

Fred Fisk and “subsistence affluence”: part 2

by John Conroy

25 March 2025

Fred Fisk and “subsistence affluence”: part 1

by John Conroy

Arthur Lewis at Pasar Skouw: re-reading ‘The Theory of Economic Growth’

14 April 2021

Arthur Lewis at Pasar Skouw: re-reading ‘The Theory of Economic Growth’

by John Conroy

The informal economy in development

25 January 2021

New book: the informal economy in development

by John Conroy

Crossborder trade: Indonesia and PNG

8 October 2020

Cross-border trade: Indonesia and PNG

by John Conroy

Coffee plant (Flickr/Paul Goodman CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

3 November 2016

Coffee, market economy and informality in late colonial Goroka

by John Conroy

Sarawaged Mountains at dawn (Flickr/Nomad Tales)

11 December 2015

The eclipse of PNG’s Eight Aims and the false dawn of informality

by John Conroy

26 May 2015

A tough nut to crack: legislating for Papua New Guinea’s informal economy

by Busa Jeremiah Wenogo and John Conroy

12 April 2013

When Monsoon Asia met Melanesia (and Dutch Hollandia became Asian Jayapura)

by John Conroy

5 February 2013

‘Informality’ in the World Development Report 2013: implications for Papua New Guinea

by John Conroy

4 December 2012

Planning for a more productive informal economy in PNG

by John Conroy and Busa Jeremiah Wenogo

19 May 2011

Papua New Guinea: Policy for the informal economy

by John Conroy

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