There is still hope for a global ban on nuclear weapons in our lifetime, and Pacific countries have long shown particular commitment to achieving this goal. Two recent events have been encouraging. In December 2020, the first ever meeting of state parties to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone...
Kennedy Makande is a grade eight student at Kepalam Primary School in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. He is soft spoken and down to earth, one of those kids who loves telling a story through drawing. In fact, he is one of the most talented visual art students at his school, particularly when it...
The Pacific Plan was suggested by an Eminent Persons Group in 2003 to provide “an overarching strategy for the region”. It was agreed via the Auckland Declaration at a 2004 special Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting and adopted a year later by PIF leaders. Its aim of “peace, harmony, security and...
How did he do it? So what was the secret? How, as explained in the first part of this blog, did Sir Mekere Morauta bring the PNG and its economy back from the brink of the abyss in 1999, and implement vital reforms? First, Morauta himself was an exceptional and politically-astute economist. Three...
From boom to bust Following independence, the PNG economy fared relatively well. From 1980 to 1994...
Making New Year predictions is a mug’s game – look at how 2020 turned out – but one forecast we...
COVID continues As is the case the world over, the early part of 2021 will see no let up in the...
Development Policy Centre staff and associates have used many methods to study Australian...
It has been my privilege to know personally, work closely with, and occasionally disagree with, the...
This acceptance speech was delivered by the Hon Sir Mekere Morauta MP on 14 July 1999 on the floor...
