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Tag - Public services

Bougainville public servants on a ‘unity walk’ in February 2022 (Autonomous Bougainville Government-Facebook)

Bougainville parliament prevents public service politicisation

by Joseph Nobetau
1 March 2022
The National Registry and Notarisation Directorate in the Ministry of Justice in Timor-Leste (Photo: Gordon Peake)

Adventures in the East Timorese bureaucracy

by Joao Almeida and Gordon Peake
11 June 2020
Tongan public servant, Nuku'alofa (ADB/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Relationship between politics and administration in Pacific island governmental systems

by Lhawang Ugyel
8 September 2017
Collecting H2O in POM (image: Michelle Rooney)

Water, the urban age and the SDGs: reflections on Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

by Nayahamui Michelle Rooney
6 April 2016
Female police recruit training, PNG (Flickr/DFAT/Michael Wightman)

State of the service: women’s participation in the PNG public sector

by Nicole Haley
4 March 2016

Papua New Guinea’s Tuition Fee-Free policy: is it working?

by Grant Walton, Anthony Swan and Stephen Howes
10 December 2014

Fourth time’s the charm: a brief history of ‘free education’ policies in PNG

by Grant Walton and Anthony Swan
9 December 2014

Unique data set shows how to make service delivery work in Papua New Guinea

by Stephen Howes, Andrew Anton Mako, Anthony Swan, Grant Walton, Thomas Webster and Colin Wiltshire
30 October 2014

Pulling the lever: can delivery units deliver?

by Andy Brock
12 March 2014

Without fear or favour? O’Neill’s District Authorities to build capacity and consolidate MP powers in PNG

by Colin Wiltshire
13 January 2014
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