This blog was commissioned by International IDEA and was originally posted on ConstitutionNet, IDEA’s online knowledge platform supporting constitution builders globally. This is the second blog in a two-part series on the history, context and key features of the proposed independence constitution...
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Bougainville’s home-grown independence constitution: Part 1
This blog series was commissioned by International IDEA and was originally posted on ConstitutionNet, IDEA’s online knowledge platform supporting constitution builders globally. This is the first blog in a two-part series on the history, context and key features of the proposed independence...
In the aftermath: landslide in PNG’s Enga province
The whole side of the mountain dropped and within minutes it started raining rocks and stones. It was like the end of the world. People were shouting and screaming and running for their lives… When I came back to my senses, I imagined my husband fleeing with our children to safety and that we would...
Opportunities and challenges for coffee production in PNG’s highlands
Coffee is one of the most important smallholder cash crops in Papua New Guinea. It accounted for US$156 million of export earnings, 13% of agricultural export revenues, and 1.4% of total export revenues in PNG in 2021. According to the PNG Rural Household Survey 2023, approximately 55% of sampled...
Internal politics and other threats to New Ireland’s autonomy...
In Papua New Guinea, no province outside of Bougainville has pushed harder for autonomy than New...
Papua New Guinea’s no-confidence season
It’s “game on”, as PNG’s parliament prepares to entertain another no-confidence vote, the...
The end of salary overruns in PNG?
Papua New Guinea’s recently published 2023 Final Budget Outcome (FBO) comes bearing good news: the...
The next chapter in PNG’s financial inclusion story
On 25 April 2023, Papua New Guinea’s Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI) and the...
The Pacific Engagement Visa in PNG: a how-to guide
From 3 June to 1 August 2024, citizens from selected countries in the Pacific and Timor Leste will...
A journey worth reflecting on – growing up in PNG
People have different perceptions of what life in Papua New Guinea is like. Politicians would say...