Budget deficits have become a noticeable feature of the PNG economy over the last decade or so...
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The local “resource curse”: missed opportunities in Porgera, PNG
According to the “resource curse” or “paradox of plenty”, developing countries that strike it rich...
Four paths to a better governed state in PNG
Halfway through a course I was teaching on governance at the University of Papua New Guinea last...
Community building as state building in a Port Moresby suburb
Where do you start to build a state? We often imagine top-down processes of constitution writing...
Mining in PNG: blessings, curse and lessons from the Porgera...
Blessings The Porgera goldmine in Enga Province offered so much promise when it began production in...
A matter of conscience? Jerry Singirok, Sandline and Bougainville
In May 1989, PNG’s Bougainville copper mine was permanently shut down after disgruntled landowners...
AIFFP, ADB, PNG Ports and corruption
The recent two-part ABC Background Briefing series “Dead Man’s Secrets” makes for compelling...
Papua New Guinea’s “foreign” ministers
“Self-sidelined” foreign minister Justin Tkachenko’s inappropriate description of individuals who...
Reversing rural decline in PNG: the 11th Henry Kila Memorial...
This is an edited extract of the 11th Henry Kila Memorial Address delivered to the 2023 Australia...
Culture shock in Canberra
Travelling overseas for the first time as a young undergraduate at the University of Papua New...