At its triennial national conference, the Australian Labor Party adopted its latest policy platform which says that the party ...

This seminar examines how institutional design can incentivise cooperation, competition, or conflict by analysing cases of civil service administration in Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea. Speaker: ...

This seminar presents a new research project examining the experiences of payday loan users in PNG, including why people borrow, how loans are accessed, the costs and repayment conditions involved, ...

Gordon Peake on Australia's branded aid merchandise in the Pacific and whether new Commonwealth restrictions will curb the ...

In the last fortnight the Australian government has loudly celebrated the signing of two new security treaties in the Melanesian region. The first, the Nakamal Agreement, was signed with Vanuatu, with ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University.

This report sheds light on the nature of political will towards anti-corruption reform in PNG, through a rapid political economy analysis approach, with a view to informing and improving policy ...

Although the Trump administration is now attempting to walk back some of the most obviously murderous aspects of its aid freeze, its ramifications remain: the damage already done, the effects on work ...

Timor-Leste has a reputation for having some of the slowest and most expensive internet services in the world. But things are beginning to change. Timor-Leste is one of the last countries in the ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University.

Joel Nilon is currently Senior Pacific Fellow at the Pacific Security College at the Australian National University. He previously served at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat for nine years as ...

Scott Waide is a journalist based in Lae, Papua New Guinea. He is the former Deputy Regional Head of News for EMTV and has worked in the media for 24 years.