In Papua New Guinea, District Services Improvement Program (DSIP) funding, given to 89 MPs...
Category - PNG
PNG’s plummeting vaccination rates: now the lowest in the world?
Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s low COVID-19 vaccination rate is well known. This blog provides some...
Tommy Baker: PNG’s Ned Kelly?
In late July of this year, the PNG’s Post-Courier pulled off the country’s scoop of the decade. The...
Winners and losers of foreign exchange rationing: the case of...
Many developing countries face the effects of foreign exchange rationing, and I have written...
An important book at a difficult time
One interesting thing about reviewing a 560-page book while being a member of the generation...
Why we need to start worrying about next year’s elections...
Papua New Guinea is set to hold elections halfway through next year. Unlike many developing...
Temporary special measures in PNG: part two – latest developments
This is the second of a two-part blog mapping the long and slow journey of temporary special...
Temporary special measures in PNG: part one – the story up to...
In the Pacific region, only a handful of countries have embraced temporary special measures (TSM)...
Politik meri: Nahau Rooney’s haus krai
Papua New Guinea’s national elections are coming up in 2022, and the national women’s political...
The path to kina convertibility in PNG: part three
This blog series looks at the overvaluation of the real exchange rate in Papua New Guinea (PNG)...