The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently launched its latest state-owned enterprise (SOE)...
Category - The private sector and development
Have NGOs lost their way?
Oxfam UK’s Duncan Green recently wrote a post for his ‘Poverty to Power’ blog entitled: “What We...
Benefits from mining in Papua New Guinea – where do they go?
The National Research Institute (NRI) has published an interesting study of the economic benefits...
Combatting Ebola: a personal account
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease was confirmed in Uganda in late July. Press reports...
Confronting the economic challenges facing PNG’s new government
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) incoming government will inherit an economy buoyed by a decade of rapid...
Note: Is Westpac funding illegal logging in Solomon Islands?
You don’t have to travel far in Solomon Islands to see environmental damage caused by logging...
About time: putting family planning back on the development...
Today, 11 July, a Family Planning Summit is being held in London, co-hosted by the UK Government...
Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program – how is it...
In June, PNGSDP Limited published on its website an independent review [pdf] of the company’s...
Tackling environmental pollution in Vietnam’s craft villages
A new Devpolicy Discussion Paper “Crafting Sustainability: Managing Water Pollution In Viet Nam’s...
Dr Kim’s hypertensive patient
The choice of physician-anthropologist Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank causes no immediate...