In the wake of civil conflict, Papua New Guinea (PNG) was faced with significant poverty and injustice. To help address this, Oxfam New Zealand (ONZ) committed to work in partnership with Community Based Organisations (CBO), establishing the Oxfam Highlands Programme (OHP) in 2003. This programme aimed to promote: inclusive, equitable, gender sensitive development; improved security...

Despite rugby league’s popularity on the eastern seaboard of Australia and in the north of England, Papua New Guinea is the only country where league is considered the national sport.

This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and poverty in Papua New Guinea. Using a new analytical framework, it explains why the 'poverty dividend' from growth is often small and what can be done to increase it. These questions have special resonance today. The PNG economy has succeeded in unlocking growth in recent years...

Rather than looking to create new policy prescriptions for the economic development and security of Papua New Guinea, Captain Stephen O'Keefe, Royal Australian Navy makes the case for improving on an existing set of policies. Through a series of coordinated and concurrent initiatives, termed the ‘Enhanced Strongim Gavman Program’, the paper details how existing strategies...

This review was originally scheduled for November 2008, close to the end of a three year USD$2 million support through UNFPA to strengthen reproductive health in Papua New Guinea.