Traditional knowledge of disasters has been found to save lives. On remote islands where
telecommunications to the mainland are unreliable, unless there are always working …

The thesis examines the socio-economic factors influencing household farm investment
decisions and land mobilisation of coffee smallholder farmers in Eastern Highland Province …

A mobile phone service was not available to the majority of the population in Papua New
Guinea (PNG) until mid-2007. Since that time, commercial competition has been introduced …

The spread of mobile phone service into rural areas of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in recent
years has created a new means of supporting workers based in such locations. The …

This article draws upon the Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS) State of Media and
Communication Report to examine the implications of a changing media landscape for …

Abstract This In Brief gives an overview of lessons learnt from three research projects using
mobile phones for development purposes, conducted in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in …

An informal system of media distribution and screening has been established in the
Highlands of Papua New Guinea via the haus piksa (village cinema). This article …

What would you do if a category five monster cyclone was headed your way? Drive as far as
you could, as quickly as you could in the opposite direction? What if there were no cars …

The use of mobile phones in research in Papua New Guinea is in its infancy. The recent
elementary teacher training reform research project was one of the first to use mobile …

Since mobile phone ownership and use saturate the developing world, teachers there could
use their mobile phones to receive teacher training as distance education (West & Chew …