In recent years, PNG has been running record deficits. In 2019, even before COVID-19, the budget...
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Public opinion on COVID-19 vaccines in PNG: bad news, good news...
As COVID-19 sweeps across Papua New Guinea, one fact is clear: vaccination rates need to rise...
Settlement evictions in Port Moresby between 2012 and 2021
Over the last decade – from 2012 to 2021 – the media have reported many evictions of people from...
Everyday corruption in PNG: a way of life?
Over the past decade, researchers (see here, here, here, and here) have illuminated the various...
Children as victims of sorcery accusation related violence in PNG
Warning: This blog contains content that is confronting and disturbing I had just finished a...
Papua New Guinea’s revolving door
In July 2022, Papua New Guineans will go to the polls for the tenth time since Independence in 1975...
Australia buys Digicel, PNG’s mobile monopoly
Yesterday, Telstra announced that it was buying Digicel Pacific. Telstra itself is only paying $270...
PNG’s 2022 elections: parties, policies and women candidates
Leading up to the Port Moresby Northwest by-election in June 2021, we conducted a survey of 120...
Justice for sorcery accusation related violence in PNG?
Jesten Jessy was bedridden with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 during the pandemic. Later, he...
Transformation of a Port Moresby settlement
Joyce Bay settlement, formerly known as Horse Camp, is a notorious settlement in Port Moresby...