Analysis of what Solomon Islands' 2027 LDC graduation will and won't change for aid, trade and climate finance.

Why China won't forgive Tonga's Eximbank debt, and how Australian budget support is quietly covering the shortfall.

Analysis of Pacific Engagement Visa grants by country shows that Samoa is the biggest winner in relative terms, despite only ...

Analysis of two years of Pacific Engagement Visa data reveals rising success rates, so much so that visa processing was ...

Drawing on her experience in Tonga, Mele Fakatouato Mangisi argues that independence in small Pacific societies cannot rely ...

An aid veteran revisits Lesotho and reflects on in-line technical assistance versus modern aid facilities in PNG and beyond.

What do students from UPNG think about important issues affecting their country? For the first time, this year’s student annual opinion survey included students from all four schools at the Waigani ...

PNG university students share views on independence, leadership and values as the nation turns 50, in this first of a two-part Devpolicy series.

In June 2025, the PNG government removed tax from ten basic food items (rice, flour, tinned fish, tinned meat, chicken, noodles, biscuits, cooking oil, tea and coffee), with the aim of easing ...

Despite contributing less than 0.03% of global greenhouse gas emissions, Pacific Island countries face some of the world’s most severe climate risks. A strengthening El Niño is placing pressure on the ...

This article recounts, as a lesson-learning exercise, a chain of events that played out in the 1990s — financial misconduct occurred, allegations were made about it, the response was weak, audits were ...