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Australian aid Pacific & PNG Pacific migration Asian & global development

24 January 2024

by Glenn Banks and John Burton

People of Porgera (Clément Piment-Flickr)

30 October 2023

A long-term fund to lift the Porgera mining curse

by Andrew Anton Mako

28 June 2023

The local “resource curse”: missed opportunities in Porgera, PNG

by Andrew Anton Mako

BSP office and, PostPNG office in Paiam Town, Porgera District, Enga Province (Kamaini.wane-Wikimedia Commons)

21 June 2023

Mining in PNG: blessings, curse and lessons from the Porgera goldmine

by Andrew Anton Mako

Porgera gold mine in 2005 (Richard Farbelini-Wikimedia Commons)

16 February 2023

PNG as resource dependent as Saudi Arabia

by Stephen Howes and Alyssa Leng

Ok Tedi Mine (Ok Tedi Mine CMCA Review)

14 October 2022

An ominous warning for PNG

by Andrew Anton Mako

22 March 2022

Ben Micah: admission and contrition

by Keith Jackson

25 August 2021

Best of the Development Policy Blog 2012

by Karen Downing

Corruption risk in mining (Transparency International Australia)

6 July 2021

The perfect storm? Mining, corruption and COVID-19

by Tim Grice and Nicole Bieske

Signing the Arawa land lease documents in 1970

25 June 2021

A kiap in Bougainville: lessons for today

by Anthony Regan

multi-stakeholder engagement

29 June 2020

Effective anti-corruption advocacy through multi-stakeholder engagement: lessons from Kenya

by Alex Gruenewald and Matteo Pellegrini

Porgera Gold Mine (Wikimedia Commons: Richard Farbellini)

7 May 2020

The Porgera mine in PNG: some background

by John Burton and Glenn Banks

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