That sorcery accusation-related violence in PNG is met with impunity isn’t for lack of funding, say Michael Main and James Komengi.

Public office remains a double-edged sword in Indonesia, bringing a stable income but also many demands for support, says Garry Rosario da Gama.

The late Agnes Titus’s friends and colleagues celebrate her 50-year contribution to peace and women’s rights in Bougainville.

PNG’s lowest tier of government, local level governments, or LLGs, face a variety of problems. Key among them is that LLG numbers (and the ward electorates they comprise) have grown uncontrollably ...

On 26 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of states in relation to climate change. The judgment reaffirmed that ...

Abstract: This report covers the 2025 Australian Aid Transparency Audit run by the ANU Development Policy Centre. The Centre audits Australian aid program transparency every three years – previous ...

Timor-Leste has a reputation for having some of the slowest and most expensive internet services in the world. But things are beginning to change. Timor-Leste is one of the last countries in the ...

This is the second post in a three-part series on the work of a program seeking to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in Papua New Guinea. In my previous post, I looked at several ...

Duncan Green shares lesson learned from the Australian government-supported Building Community Engagement in PNG program.

Pacific regionalism is not compatible with efforts to remove Taiwan’s Forum development partner status, says Niuone Eliuta.

Health systems strengthening, and the quiet architecture of resilience that holds steady in the face of crisis, is receding from view, says Richie Rummery.