Policymakers should note that wage fluctuations over two decades have been driven by productivity and the real exchange rate, ...

In the midst of the swift and brutal dismantling of USAID there has been a swell of voices in defence of aid. They have pointed to the good that aid does for the world’s most vulnerable; the ...

At the start of December last year, I released the results of my first survey of Papua New Guinean experiences with the Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV). 33 of those who were successful in last year’s ...

The Australasian AID Conference was held on 3-5 December 2024 in Canberra. Conference presentations are now available on the Devpolicy ANU website. View keynote addresses and selected conference ...

Nervous anticipation about new teachers, subjects and challenges to come. Checking how much growing has happened over the summer, and whether shoes and uniforms are still OK. Right around Australia ...

Income taxation is a hot and very sensitive topic in Papua New Guinea. Last January’s Port Moresby riots were provoked by the police going on strike after a payroll ...

PNG’s income tax schedule has been changed 17 times since independence. These changes can be summarised as follows: the number of rates has been reduced by two-thirds; the maximum rate has fallen ...

2025 will mark the thirtieth year in which I have been scribbling about governance. In this time, I have been privileged to think and write about governance for the United Kingdom’s former Department ...

Once upon a time governance was not a thing in development. It was only about thirty years ago that the ideas of a few academic scribblers began to filter into the development discourse and challenge ...