As a companion to today’s article on armed conflict in the PNG Highlands, and with the...
Category - Pacific and PNG
Stop the see-saw: how to address conflict in the PNG Highlands
A question commonly asked about the inter-group conflict currently occurring in the PNG Highlands...
A whole-of-island approach: UNDP in Nauru
The Pacific island nation of Nauru serves as the canvas for an approach to sustainable development...
The paradox of empowerment: gender norms and intimate partner...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global scourge, with nearly one in three women experiencing...
Harold Mitchell: thank you and vale
The death of “adman” and philanthropist Harold Mitchell AC on February 10 has been widely mourned...
A new Porgera? Part II
“It’s the same old blues again,” sang Eric Clapton, and there might be a few Ipili and Engan people...
It pays to switch remittance service providers, so what’s...
The first blog in this series highlighted the large gap between low- and high-cost Remittance...
Science says Tuvalu will drown within decades; the reality is...
Tuvalu, a picturesque island nation nestled in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is currently...
Customer choices are keeping Pacific remittance costs high
In our previous blog, we showed how remittance costs in Tonga could be much lower than the average...
Uncharted waters: the standoff between Tonga’s King and...
Early last week, the Secretary of Tonga’s Privy Council wrote to the Chief Secretary (Secretary to...