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Stephen Howes

Stephen Howes is Director of the Development Policy Centre and Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University.

21 October 2026

Struggle, reform, boom, bust — then what for the PNG economy?

by Stephen Howes, Rubayat Chowdhury and Dorothy Kaupa

Samoa Apia Govt buildings

16 October 2026

Two years of the PEV, part 2: which countries have done best?

by Stephen Howes and Finn Clarke

PEV Process Image

15 October 2026

Two years of the PEV, part 1: success leads to processing slowdown

by Stephen Howes and Finn Clarke

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25 September 2026

Life expectancy in the Pacific, and the case of Naoero

by Albert Prabhakar Gudapati and Stephen Howes

National Press Club

22 September 2026

Labor comes close to abolishing the third-year backpacker visa: implications for PALM

by Stephen Howes

16 September 2026

Four years on: what has happened to ending enforced family separation under PALM

by Stephen Howes

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17 July 2026

Nauru’s remarkable recent economic success

by Stephen Howes

Manawise POM

1 July 2026

PEV performance augurs well for this year’s ballot

by Finn Clarke, Stephen Howes and Natasha Turia

Pinot Grigio harvest, vintage 2012

18 June 2026

The second backpacker boom: remedies

by Stephen Howes and Finn Clarke

17 June 2026

The second backpacker boom: causes

by Stephen Howes and Finn Clarke

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20 May 2026

Poor governance: the hidden tax on PNG’s private sector

by Kingtau Mambon and Stephen Howes

13 May 2026

A different crisis; a different response

by Stephen Howes

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