After a disastrous first couple of decades following independence in 1968, Nauru turned its economic fortunes around in the ...

Much of Ron Duncan’s research was concerned with the Pacific and he lived in Fiji from 2003 to 2007 when he headed the Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance (PIAS-DG) at ...

Emeritus Professor Ronald (Ron) Charles Duncan AO was my former boss and mentor, and over time became a close family friend. With Ron, Premila and I always said we got “two friends for the price of ...

Can the Pacific Resilience Facility and PIF's emergency mechanism deliver as a Super El Niño tests the region's new climate ...

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.

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.

In the lead-up to independence in Papua New Guinea in 1975, a lively debate took place over what should be the appropriate strategy for the country’s economic development. On the one hand, the ...

Mr Gary Seddon is a senior manager with Digicel. To mark the ten-year anniversary of Digicel’s entry into the telecommunication market in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in July 2007, he spoke to Dr Amanda ...

The New Zealand Realm — the collection of states that includes New Zealand itself, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau — is often associated with colonial legacies. While the Cook Islands is part of ...

There is no doubt that the war Israel and the United States have launched against Iran will have global economic consequences. While it is difficult to know what those consequences will be, it is hard ...

When economists want to analyse economic performance, they typically examine Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. But a better measure of economic performance is Gross National Disposable Income (GNDI ...

The Pukpuk Treaty between Papua New Guinea and Australia has been hailed as a landmark military agreement, with both prime ministers reportedly agreeing on the text but holding off on signing. But ...