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Shaking hands, Arawa, Bougainville (Flickr/Australian Civil-Military Centre/John Coombe CC BY 2.0)

13 May 2016

Memories of the Bougainville Crisis: Veronica Hatutasi’s ‘Behind the Blockade’

by Thiago Cintra Oppermann

18 March 2016

Sir Julius Chan reviews a life in PNG politics

by Bill Standish

Receiving cash transfer payments in Freetown, Sierra Leone (Flickr/World Bank/Dominic Chavez)

29 February 2016

Policies without borders: a review of Peck and Theodore’s ‘Fast Policy’

by Grant Walton

Democratic Republic of Congo (Flickr/Christopher Michel)

12 February 2016

If this is the way the world works…

by Gordon Peake

Rascal Rain book cover

7 January 2016

Interested in feminism and development in Papua New Guinea? Be prepared for a bumpy ride, but read on

by Cleo Fleming

5 November 2015

“I don’t dream anymore”

by Cleo Fleming

21 September 2015

Fifty years of coordination against the odds: a history of ACFID

by Ashlee Betteridge

Inside the Crocodile book cover

16 September 2015

In-line insights: five years in Vanimo

by Tess Newton Cain

18 June 2015

Social welfare schemes – more than just giving a man a fish

by Camilla Burkot

17 March 2015

Honour amongst aid workers

by Terence Wood

29 August 2014

Is justice the answer? A review of ‘Reforming Justice’

by Tracey Blunck

1 July 2014

‘The Mountain’ by Drusilla Modjeska – essential reading for PNG enthusiasts

by Tess Newton Cain

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