Papua New Guinea’s Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates (OLIPPAC) was designed to bring stability to PNG’s parliament and political parties. Since its introduction in 2001, major parts of the law have been ruled unconstitutional, and a number of academics have questioned...
Much of Papua New Guinea’s 2022 elections was predictable: a ramshackle roll, major problems in the Highlands, fewer issues in most other places. But the elections produced one big surprise: 64% of contesting MPs won. As this chart shows, that’s unprecedented. It’s so...
My previous blog summarised some of the recent findings about the health, and broader development, impacts of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), highlighting the particular challenges for countries in Asia and the Pacific. This blog summarises some of the latest findings about the economics and...
Prime Minister James Marape’s promise to stop all round log exports by 2025 is not an entirely new commitment. As I pointed out in my first blog, similar moves have been talked about since 1990, all unsuccessful. Recent patterns of round log exports must lead us to doubt whether the current...
In many parts of the world “nationalism” has earned itself a bad rap. Ethnic cleansing, war...
Several reports have been published recently on latest trends in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)...
In his inaugural address to the new Papua New Guinea national parliament on 9 August 2022, Prime...
Newly elected Vanuatu Prime Minister Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau Ma’aukoro of the Union of Moderate...
An area of Pakistan known for its patriarchal structures, Taliban influence and discriminatory...
Papua New Guinea’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has been a long time coming. Following the Mineral...
