Survey reveals Highlands students dominate UPNG, with striking regional variations in gender composition across PNG.

The young country faces its worst crisis since 2018 as conflict, climate disasters and collapsing health services converge, says Mamman Mustapha.

Opinions on the NRL bid are divided along gender lines with more women opposing the deal, says Anna Kapil and Stephen Howes.

Pacific women experience well-documented inequalities in labour market participation and wage outcomes, often stemming from limited access to assets, finance and services, as well as enduring social ...

Rising remittances and the loss of workers may be the easy path but not lead to development of the home nation, says Naren Prasad.

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Although the Trump administration is now attempting to walk back some of the most obviously murderous aspects of its aid freeze, its ramifications remain: the damage already done, the effects on work ...

Yesterday, Telstra announced that it was buying Digicel Pacific. Telstra itself is only paying $270 million, and the Australian government $1.33 billion. Yet, Telstra is obtaining 100% ownership. The ...

With the increasing attention given to adaptation at COP30 in Belem, water is moving from the sidelines to centre stage. 90% of disasters in the last decade were water-related, and with increasing ...