Pacific climate finance, PNG drought response, Coalition aid cuts, WHO leadership race and global ODA developments.

ANU-UPNG policy submission outlines how competition, satellite access and targeted funding could expand PNG's internet access ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...