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Child in Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea (ADB-Flickr)

30 August 2021

PNG’s plummeting vaccination rates: now the lowest in the world?

by Stephen Howes and Kingtau Mambon

Photograph of head and shoulders of a man with dark skin, black hair and black beard. He is in front of a blue wall with height markings written on the doorway edge. He is holding a white sign with hand writing in red that says 'Name: Tommy Maeva Baker'.

20 August 2021

Tommy Baker: PNG’s Ned Kelly?

by Sinclair Dinnen and Grant Walton

Photograph of an open air market in Ethiopia, with a crowd of people on dusty ground looking at fruit in large wooden bins.

19 August 2021

Winners and losers of foreign exchange rationing: the case of Ethiopia

by Rohan Fox

A woman in a white t-shirt, colourful skirt and blue broad-brimmed hat sits on wooden steps taking notes with pen and paper. In front of her sit two elderly people on a woven mat. Beside the is a house built on short stilts. In the background is a house with a palm frond roof.

17 August 2021

An important book at a difficult time

by Michael Rose

16 August 2021

Why we need to start worrying about next year’s elections in Papua New Guinea

by Terence Wood

A women in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, checks the photos and descriptions of candidates in the 2017 elections. The notice is attached to a tree. The woman has black curly hair and wears glasses. In the background is a thatched hut, a garden, and a man in a red and grey striped t-shirt.

12 August 2021

Temporary special measures in PNG: part two – latest developments

by Orovu Sepoe

Poll booth in PNG 2012 elections (Defence-DFAT-Flickr)

10 August 2021

Temporary special measures in PNG: part one – the story up to 2019

by Orovu Sepoe

Members of PNG Women In Politics at Nahau Rooney’s haus krai (Michelle Nayahamui Rooney)

6 August 2021

Politik meri: Nahau Rooney’s haus krai

by Dorothy Tekwie and Nayahamui Michelle Rooney

Close up photograph looking over the shoulder of a person holding a mobile phone in two hands. The screen of the phone displays currency exchange information. In the background, but blurry is a desktop monitor and keyboard on a desk.

3 August 2021

The path to kina convertibility in PNG: part three

by Martin Davies

Photograph of a hand holding a mobile phone with the other hand holding a cup of coffee, in front of an open laptop. On both phone and laptop screens currency exchange data are displayed.

2 August 2021

The path to kina convertibility in PNG: part two

by Martin Davies

Photograph of exterior of the Postgraduate and Research Centre building at Divine Word University, Madang, PNG

2 August 2021

University drinking: why students drink, and the consequences

by Lorelle Tekopiri Yakam

Photograph of clasped hands resting on a desk in front of an open laptop with currency exchange graphs displayed on the screen

29 July 2021

The path to kina convertibility in PNG: part one

by Martin Davies

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