While scholarship on corruption in the Pacific is increasing, a discussion at the 2025 Pacific Update found critical research gaps remain.

Inequality of voting opportunity in the Highlands is a problem for all Papua New Guineans, says Thiago Cintra Oppermann.

Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation CEO Tenanoia Simona (left), Minister Simon Kofe and Australia’s then Deputy High Commissioner to Tuvalu at the Tuvalu Vaka Cable Activation Ceremony ...

As the dust settles on the United Nations COP30 climate talks in Brazil, a lot of questions remain. Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, are the UN talks still fit for purpose? How can countries ...

If Indonesia's leaders are serious about strengthening regional development, vertical fiscal transfers must be made automatic, says Ronny P Sasmita.

New Guinea is staggeringly rich in life. Occupying just 0.5% of Earth’s land surface, it hosts an estimated 5-8% of all species. This abundance is reflected in more than 2,800 orchid species, over ...

Polopa means “go ahead, I will come after you”. It is the name given to the Polopa-speaking people of the Southern Highlands Province — a population of about 10,000 people living in the Erave local ...

Port Vila’s tiny literati scene has been abuzz with celebrations of home-grown, modern storytelling in recent months: first through the national micro-fiction writing awards and then the long-awaited ...

On the occasion of Papua New Guinea’s 50th anniversary of independence, I want to acknowledge some of my favourite elements that make up the nation of PNG. These are some of the things that impress me ...

This report sheds light on the nature of political will towards anti-corruption reform in PNG, through a rapid political economy analysis approach, with a view to informing and improving policy ...

This is the final post in a three-part series on the work of a program seeking to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in Papua New Guinea. The vast majority of Papua New Guineans are ...

There has been a marked decline in Pacific development and progress against the SDGs since the early 2000s, attributable to the impacts of major disaster events, remoteness of Pacific Island countries ...