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Australian aid Pacific & PNG Pacific migration Asian & global development

22 June 2026

How households cope and what they want when energy prices rise

by Chris Hoy

11 June 2026

Pacific fuel crisis exposes gap between renewable targets and delivery

by Axel Melkonian

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29 May 2026

May 2026 aid news

by Development Policy Centre

Motorcyclists queue for fuel in Dhaka, Bangladesh

22 May 2026

Governing on empty: the Hormuz crisis across Asia and the Pacific — part 1

by Nicola Nixon and Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj

A farmer is tending to the rice paddies.

22 May 2026

Governing on empty: the Hormuz crisis across Asia and the Pacific — part 2

by Nicola Nixon and Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj

a group of people riding motorcycles down a street

22 May 2026

Governing on empty: the Hormuz crisis across Asia and the Pacific — part 3

by Nicola Nixon and Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj

Private security in PNG Grant Walton 2048x1279

20 May 2026

Poor governance: the hidden tax on PNG’s private sector

by Kingtau Mambon and Stephen Howes

Fiona, 18, eating breakfast with her siblings inside their home in a community affected by rising sea levels in Malaita Province, the Solomon Islands. (2)

7 May 2026

When the price of fuel becomes the price of childhood: Pacific families in a crisis

by Phil Brewster and Kristyn Lobendahn

16 May 2025

Electrifying PNG: challenges and opportunities for decentralised solar

by Martin Davies and Christian Lohberger

25 August 2021

Pacific stories: Devpolicy Blog posts in 2013-14

by Karen Downing

Standby generator at the University of PNG (Michael Kabuni)

14 July 2021

The crisis of governance in PNG’s power sector

by Michael Kabuni, Kingtau Mambon and Stephen Howes

4 September 2019

How not to design energy feed-in tariffs: a look at Indonesia and the Philippines

by James Guild

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