That sorcery accusation-related violence in PNG is met with impunity isn’t for lack of funding, say Michael Main and James Komengi.

Public office remains a double-edged sword in Indonesia, bringing a stable income but also many demands for support, says Garry Rosario da Gama.

The late Agnes Titus’s friends and colleagues celebrate her 50-year contribution to peace and women’s rights in Bougainville.

PNG’s lowest tier of government, local level governments, or LLGs, face a variety of problems. Key among them is that LLG numbers (and the ward electorates they comprise) have grown uncontrollably ...

Deep-sea mining in PNG has faced a large number of challenges. Is deep-sea mining in the Pacific dead in the water or should activists remain on alert?

2024 started terribly for Papua New Guinea as civil riots rocked the nation. What started as a protest by law enforcement officers (police, defence force and corrections staff) on 10 January over high ...

In the wake of the recent leaders’ meeting of the Quad (Australia, India, Japan and the US) in Tokyo and its focus on development issues, it is worth looking at Japan’s aid program. This follows our ...

Who receives remittances, how much, and what are they used for? The Pacific Labour Mobility Survey has some answers, say Edwards and coauthors.

The migration deal that Tuvalu has obtained under the Falepili Union is quite remarkable, say Stephen Howes and Finn Clarke.

In May 1989, PNG’s Bougainville copper mine was permanently shut down after disgruntled landowners supported by the Bougainville Revolutionary Army began sabotaging critical mine infrastructure. A ...

Australia's aid is flatlining and its generosity declining, and DFAT needs a better handle on which programs are under-performing, says Stephen Howes.