In the late 1990s and early 2000s a wave of Ponzi schemes swept through Papua New
Guinea, Australia, and the Solomon Islands. The most notorious scheme, U-Vistract …

There is a growing recognition of the effectiveness of locally led processes of social change
and development. However, most of the case studies that have been discussed in the …

After good many years living mostly in obscurity and cut off from international public opinion,
an isolation only briefly broken by echoes of such extraordinary events as the Santa Cruz …

Very often in Solomon Islands and other Melanesian countries, ideas of equality between
men and women are represented as inherently foreign and incompatible with kastom, the …

This article examines the lives of Port Moresby women who work in the development sector
of Papua New Guinea. In particular, it demonstrates how development discourse structures …

This chapter explores the contours of contemporary Papua New Guinean (PNG) ideologies
of nation-making and development and examines how narratives of development are …

Much scholarly attention has been paid to the issue of climate change in the Pacific Islands,
in terms of its geopolitical implications, and through the lens of mitigation and adaptation …

International scholarships are an established mode of aid distribution for many donor
countries and a life-changing educational opportunity for recipients from the global South …

Cities have the potential to be drivers of national development, but in Melanesia they are not
meeting their full potential. Political and institutional arrangements are failing to manage the …

In March 2014, I went to Solomon Islands to interview members of the Young Women's
Parliamentary Group. Discussing some of the people who have been an influence on her …