Nasfund's Chief Executive Officer, Ian A Tarutia, reflects on the superannuation fund's journey and how it has impacted Papua New Guinea.
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Opinion: Papua New Guinea’s Nasfund 20 years on
8 Jun 2022 by Leave a Comment
Analysis: Papua New Guinea’s ‘stuck’ exchange rate
11 May 2022 by 3 Comments
Is Papua New Guinea's kina exchange rate stuck? Stephen Howes, Director of the Development Policy Centre and a Professor of Economics at the Crawford School, considers if the kina really is a 'floating' currency and calls for foreign exchange reforms to stimulate PNG's economy.
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The 2022 PNG 100 CEO Survey: the return of optimism
4 May 2022 by Leave a Comment
The PNG 100 CEO Survey captured the depth of the COVID crisis through 2021, and is now charting a return of some optimism in 2022, according to analysis provided by Westpac's Senior Economist, Justin Smirk.
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Election time: Papua New Guinea in 2022 [opinion]
25 Jan 2022 by Leave a Comment
What can we expect from Papua New Guinea's 2022 National Elections? And what are the major challenges facing the winner? Stephen Howes considers.
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Papua New Guinea’s plan to balance the budget [analysis]
8 Dec 2021 by Leave a Comment
Papua New Guinea's 2022 National Budget focuses on health, growth and reducing its deficit by 2027, but can this be achieved? Economists Stephen Howes and Kelly Samof consider the evidence.
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How to do business right in the Pacific [opinion]
22 Nov 2021 by 1 Comment
How should international businesses behave if they want to be successful in the Pacific? asked a recent Austrade survey. Adrian Weeks, Austrade's Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, outlines the thought-provoking results.
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Financing a green, resilient and inclusive recovery [opinion]
14 Sep 2021 by Leave a Comment
Alfonso Garcia Mora, Vice-President Asia and Pacific for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, outlines some of the development challenges Papua New Guinea faces today and how the IFC is supporting private sector investment to address them.
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Oil and gas: a risky business [opinion]
17 Aug 2021 by 1 Comment
How can investors evaluate the changing oil and gas risk landscape? And what does it mean for valuations? Ian Thom, Director, Middle East Upstream Research, Wood Mackenzie, explains.
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The crisis of governance in Papua New Guinea’s power sector [analysis]
16 Jul 2021 by Leave a Comment
Michael Kabuni and Kingtau Mambonis from the University of Papua New Guinea, and Stephen Howes, Director of the Development Policy Centre, analyse the crisis afflicting Papua New Guinea's power sector.
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How Papua New Guinea can boost its coffee production [analysis]
1 Jul 2021 by 1 Comment
Papua New Guinea has the potential to become one of the top coffee producers in the world. Deputy Director of the National Research Institute, Eugene Ezebilo, explores what other countries have done to boost their coffee production and how these strategies could be implemented in PNG.
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