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Mapped: The World’s Top 20 Shortest Countries This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. This graphic ranks the 20 shortest countries in the world, by average height. Data comes from NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, […]
The PNG Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) proposed an amendment to the Prices Regulation Act in August that would allow it to “ensure the application of unilateral price controls under special circumstances (based on grounds of social equity)”. While sounding relatively benign, this amendment would in fact allow the ICCC to implement price ceilings […]
As part of its tenth anniversary, we collaborated with Femili PNG to produce a report using the client data the organisation has collected since its inception in 2014. Survivors of family and sexual violence who turn to Femili PNG are categorized into four groups based on the abuse they have endured: intimate-partner violence (IPV), non-intimate-partner […]
Inflation, low wage growth and little job creation have made life very tough in Papua New Guinea for the ordinary person. The PNG government has made some effort to respond to cost-of-living pressures. Depreciation of the kina, while painful for urban residents, helps rural producers earn more for their coffee exports and helps make their […]
While there is uncertainty about PNG’s population count, there is no doubt that since the arrival of the first missionaries in 1847, Christianity has become an integral part of life for the majority of Papua New Guineans. There is also no doubt about the important role of the churches in delivering health services across PNG. […]
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), rural communities play a crucial role in shaping the country’s agricultural landscape and food security. To better understand these dynamics, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) conducted a Rural Household Survey between May and December 2023 which aimed to gain a clearer picture of rural livelihood structures, food security […]
Women’s leadership in PNG is often described as tough, difficult or challenging. The contributing factors range from political and economic to social and cultural. For example, the PNG National Research Institute Gender Program Report 2020 showed that women political candidates faced gendered challenges, such as stereotypical attitudes that women are not capable, and therefore lack […]
Discussions about decentralisation have been a central feature of PNG politics since before independence. The highly centralised nature of Australian colonial governance led to the creation of PNG’s provinces. This effort was spearheaded by Bougainville’s leaders who had many longstanding reservations about being a part of PNG, even before the development of the Panguna mine. […]
Alice Lolohea and Johnson Raela are back with a new season of The Pacific, exploring the biggest events and stories across the diverse and beautiful region. Source link