Browsing: Development & Policy

A nuclear-capable Chinese ballistic missile, launched from a nuclear-powered submarine in July 2026, arced over several Pacific nations and landed…

Those whose islands fall within the formal definition of Polynesia have every reason to celebrate the film Moana with pride.…

Papua New Guinea’s agricultural production has been in steady decline for more than two decades, and continued emphasis on policies…

The establishment of the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) in 2015 was a beacon of Myanmar’s deepening economic liberalisation. Moving in…

India’s recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) factsheets, covering nearly 679,000 households across 715 districts, give us an insight…

The National Capital District (NCD) is Papua New Guinea’s political, administrative and economic centre. As Port Moresby continues to expand,…

The long-discussed spaceport project on the island of Biak has again attracted public interest after Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation…

In part 1 and part 2 in this series, the author set out the census evidence on Pacific migration and…

This speech was delivered at the launch of the Australian Council for International Development’s (ACFID) State of the Sector Report…

A budget allocation is often treated as evidence of government commitment. For a nurse, community health worker or patient waiting…