Public office remains a double-edged sword in Indonesia, bringing a stable income but also many demands for support, says Garry Rosario da Gama.

The late Agnes Titus’s friends and colleagues celebrate her 50-year contribution to peace and women’s rights in Bougainville.

There is a long way to go in restoring the traditional role of ni-Vanuatu women in leadership and reducing violence against women, says Anna Naupa.

PNG’s lowest tier of government, local level governments, or LLGs, face a variety of problems. Key among them is that LLG numbers (and the ward electorates they comprise) have grown uncontrollably ...

On 26 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of states in relation to climate change. The judgment reaffirmed that ...

New data reveals remarkable progress on poverty reduction in Kiribati, says Ruth Cross Kwansing.

Crime fiction is abidingly popular. Five of the top ten books bought in Australia last week were mystery novels. Why is that so? Partly the reason is the obvious fun of working out a puzzle, but fans ...

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Duncan Green shares lesson learned from the Australian government-supported Building Community Engagement in PNG program.

Climate finance and policy must go hand-in-hand with governance reform if adaptation is to be sustainable, say Nixon, Henderson and Adhikari.

Duncan Green is Professor of International Development at the London School of Economics and Director of the LSE Activism, Influence and Change Programme.