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

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

World Bank data show PNG's food tax cut delivered little to the poorest households, with most savings captured by stores and ...

Why PNG's high fertility rate reflects a family planning access gap, not a knowledge gap, and what a funded national program ...

This article recounts, as a lesson-learning exercise, a chain of events that played out in the 1990s — financial misconduct ...

Household data reveal how Pacific remittances and state assistance reach the poor differently, informing the migration debate ...

Original PNG data and a Simbu case study examine whether El Niño drought risks fuelling sorcery accusation-related violence ...

In late August, Samoa’s Cabinet approved labour mobility reforms, effective immediately and aligned with the government’s 2023 policy for temporary labour migration. Candidates must register through ...

Why has Pacific life expectancy lagged global gains? Income, access to overseas health care and governance all play a role.

Papua New Guinea’s health challenges are too large, too urgent and too complex to be carried by government alone. Of course, the public sector must remain at the centre of the health system. It has an ...

Three years seems like a long time ago in today’s world — pre-Trump 2.0, pre-Gaza conflict and pre-Iran War. So, the August 2023 launch of the Albanese Labor government’s International Development ...

Forest and land fires, or karhutla, have returned to the Indonesian archipelago. Roughly 202,000 hectares of land and forests burned in 2026, with Kalimantan once again among the areas affected. Since ...