Nematullah Bizhan reflects on Paul Collier's influence on development economics and his experience working with him at Oxford ...

Cameron Hill examines options for ensuring the fund's Pacific infrastructure investments are financially sustainable.

Forced evictions at Two-Mile Hill reveal the reality of the capital's urban housing crisis and the limits of displacement as ...

Palm oil is in around half the products on your supermarket shelf. It is also one of the world’s most socially contested ...

Fiji's Moonlight Program tests for HIV after midnight, reaching key populations through peer-led mobile outreach.

In Dhaka’s Mirpur district, fifteen-year-old Rahim repairs mobile phones at a roadside stall, earning 200 taka (US$1.80) daily. Deaf since birth, he hasn’t been inside a classroom since age eight.

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University.

“Leaders” and “leadership” are a key focus of Australia’s engagement in the Pacific. Our regional diplomacy emphasises deepening engagement with Pacific leaders and leadership institutions, and our ...

Prior to the 2025 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting, one of us (Eliuta) argued that China’s tactics over past Forums to marginalise Taiwan have aimed to reinforce the “One China” principle.

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 ...

Julie Bukikun was formerly Head of the UN Women office in PNG/Bougainville, Assistant Resident Representative of UNDP PNG and worked for Pacific Women Lead. She is currently the Regional Coordination ...

Prime Minister James Marape has announced that by the 2027 National Elections, Papua New Guinea will implement a biometric voting system supported by the Civil Registry Project. What has eluded ...