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By Sandra Naranjo Bautista Politicians and civil servants think about public policy differently. This may be obvious to many, but this difference plays out acutely during a time of crisis. As I...

Written by Reuben Tabel Kennedy Makande is a grade eight student at Kepalam Primary School in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. He is soft spoken and down to earth, one of those kids who loves...

by Suman Majumdar, Mark Rice While the COVID-19 pandemic is a global emergency, there is another infectious airborne disease that has at best similar or arguably worse impacts and is inextricably...

by Nematullah Bizhan The Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, on 23 and 24 November, presents an important opportunity for renewing the partnership between Afghanistan and the international community...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Funded by the Australian Government through the Justice Services and Stability for Development Program (JSS4D), the research project was conducted between June and October 2019 by a...

Written by Hampus Eriksson, Anouk Ride, Delvene Boso, Dirk Steenbergen, Pita Neihapi The Pacific region is no stranger to sudden shocks. Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, for instance, are respectively...

Written by Joseph Pundu, Patrick Kaiku After the establishment of Papua New Guinea’s ministerial committee on COVID-19 in March this year, Prime Minister James Marape announced a nationwide lockdown...

Written by Michael Bourke, Sim Sar Fall armyworm (FAW) is major pest of maize (corn), sugarcane and rice. This insect pest was reported in Western Province in early 2020. Maize is widely grown up to...

Written by Denghua Zhang, Hongbo Ji In April 2018, China established its stand-alone aid agency – the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). This was a milestone event in Chinese...

Written by Angelo M. G. Aparicio, Michael Rose Just a few weeks ago, Timor-Leste was one of the very few countries which had not registered any cases of COVID-19. However, on 21 March this changed...