Papua New Guinea

Loans, not grants, already proving costly for PNG
Loans, not grants, already proving costly for PNG
Data on official development finance is hard to come by in Papua New Guinea. The Lowy Institute’s Pacific Aid Map fills some of the gap, this year revealing that loans (which come…
PNG’s fuel crisis to further calls for exchange-rate reform
Commentary
PNG’s fuel crisis to further calls for exchange-rate reform
Originally published in The Economist Intelligence Unit
Troubles and Puzzles: The 2022 General Elections in Papua New Guinea
Journal Articles
Troubles and Puzzles: The 2022 General Elections in Papua New Guinea
Originally published in The Journal of Pacific History 
Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge
Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge
Japan’s decision last month to begin discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from its destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is fairly unpopular…
The US–Pacific Islands Partnership, one year on
The US–Pacific Islands Partnership, one year on
Last September, the United States made some big promises to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) at its first ever Pacific Leaders’ Summit. The brief follow-up summit scheduled to take…
Putting a PNG stamp on security
Putting a PNG stamp on security
Public attention in Papua New Guinea has recently been occupied by the PNG-US Defence Agreement and the stalled Aus-PNG Security Treaty. There is not much transparency around…
The Fix: We still really don’t know PNG
The Fix: We still really don’t know PNG
We’re asking contributors to put together their own collected observations like this one – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The Interpreter, drop a line via the…
Can PNG afford more debt?
Can PNG afford more debt?
Papua New Guinea has enormous development needs. Paying to meet these is the challenge. So the International Monetary Fund recently agreed to provide PNG a US$918 million loan. …
The downsides for Australia from the US‑PNG defence agreement
The downsides for Australia from the US‑PNG defence agreement
In May, the United States and Papua New Guinea signed off on a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA). While the deal has clear benefits for PNG and potentially Australia, it is…
Bougainville – What’s next?
Bougainville – What’s next?
It has been more than three years since the people of Bougainville voted to decide their political future. The 2019 referendum, that saw 97.7 per cent of voters express a desire…