Nearly 60 years since independence, and 39 years after the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) took over the reins as government, a new dawn is on the horizon in Samoa. For the uninitiated, voters in Samoa went to the polls on Friday last week. Preliminary results have the HRPP and the Fa’atuatua...
With one of the smallest populations in the world (12,581 in 2019), Nauru is perhaps best known for its riches to rags history, which Helen Hughes shed light on in a 2004 article. Things looked bleak then, but Nauru has since reverted from rags to riches. In constant prices, GDP has grown at an...
Jennifer Kalpokas Doan is a part of the management team of the Balance of Power Initiative in the Pacific. Her father was a leader of the independence movement in Vanuatu and, following in her father’s footsteps, Jennifer has been a tireless advocate for developmental and inclusive leadership in...
It was a great surprise and honour that Gordon Peake approached us to be the guinea pigs/first interviewees for Devpol’s inaugural ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ podcast. Gordon and podcast curator Julia Bergin have since encouraged us to buck the ‘literary silences’ and...
Where individual effort can be clearly measured, many employers prefer to pay their workers per...
Several factors are threatening the viability of the Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP). These include...
Women’s empowerment is a key issue in PNG. However, there is still limited PNG-based evidence on...
Pacific Trade Invest Australia (PTI) has released its Pacific Business Monitor 2020, including nine...
Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 situation is worsening. As vaccines arrive, PNG battles disinformation...
When we started researching violent accusations of witchcraft and sorcery in Papua New Guinea in...
