The University of Papua New Guinea has for a long time been in need of far-reaching reform. But not...
Category - PNG
Governance, ethics and leadership in Papua New Guinea – a...
I want to establish from the outset the foundation of experiences from which I am speaking on the...
2019 ANU-UPNG summer school and PNG’s NID project
We have just said farewell to ten final-year undergraduate students from the University of Papua...
Papua New Guinea development: what role aid?
Port Moresby, sometime in 1977, a “going finish” party at the home of a retiring senior Australian...
It’s the community, stupid: getting anti-corruption...
Development agencies tend to think that telling people about the detrimental social, environmental...
Revisiting the landowner problem in the PNG LNG project
On the 25th of January this year, Papua New Guinea’s Post Courier newspaper reported that the...
A field of dreams? The PNG-Philippines rice deal
In the lead-up to last year’s APEC meeting, PNG and Filipino officials met beside rice paddies on...
PNG’s GDPs
It is not strange to hear researchers or policymakers complaining about the lack of complete...
Domestic violence in PNG and the rise of civil society
On my first posting to Papua New Guinea (PNG) working for the Australian Government’s aid program...
The ‘year of APEC’ – reflections on PNG in 2018
The people of Papua New Guinea woke up to 2018 as the ‘year of APEC’. The thought of having some of...