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Maholopa Laveil

Maholopa (Maho) Laveil is a PhD candidate at the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at the Australian National University.

Election campaign supporters PNG 2022 RoanPaul

20 March 2026

Candidate numbers and electoral outcomes in Papua New Guinea

by Terence Wood and Maholopa Laveil

16 March 2026

PNG’s GST since 2017: good for provinces, bad for national government

by Maholopa Laveil

26 January 2026

The Manus asylum centre temporary boom

by Maholopa Laveil

12 January 2026

PNG’s IMF-led reform era draws to a close

by Maholopa Laveil

16 September 2025

Papua New Guinea at 50 – a reflection

by Maholopa Laveil

7 August 2025

Shining a light on local level government in PNG: part 2

by Maholopa Laveil

12 June 2025

Shining a light on local level government in PNG

by Maholopa Laveil

18 December 2024

New data on sub-national governments in PNG

by Maholopa Laveil

24 July 2024

PNG’s special support grants: inefficient, inequitable and unaccountable

by Maholopa Laveil

13 June 2024

Internal politics and other threats to New Ireland’s autonomy plans

by Maholopa Laveil

18 March 2024

Subnational governance in PNG – poor and worsening

by Maholopa Laveil

13 March 2024

Subnational government spending in PNG

by Maholopa Laveil

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