Browsing: Development & Policy

Exile is silent, but its pain lives on in the dreams of Afghan children. The noise of factories in Pakistan…

This is the final in a series of three articles examining how the Hormuz closure is reshaping energy, governance and…

This is the second in a series of three articles examining how the Hormuz closure is reshaping energy, governance and…

This is the first in a series of three articles examining how the Hormuz closure is reshaping energy, governance and…

At the end of April 2026, Cyclones Maila and Vaianu were active across the South Pacific at the same time,…

The annual survey by Business Advantage PNG of the CEOs of 100 of Papua New Guinea’s largest firms is invaluable for…

Solomon Islands’ new Prime Minister, Matthew Cooper Wale, has promised the country that “change is coming”. He was elected prime…

When a Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme worker in an Australian abattoir gets fewer shifts one fortnight, what happens…

Despite decades of global evidence on how homophobia structures boys’ behaviours and peer hierarchies, it remains one of the most…

In March 2025 I suggested the often-heralded end of organised aid from the members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee…