The Taliban’s denial of access to digital spaces violates human rights, especially women’s, say Benbow, Gunawansa and Zhu-Maguire.

A recap of the year with a listing of our favourite and most popular blogs, plus links to event presentations and podcasts.

Survey results show PNG males under-recognise the importance of female political representation, consent and non-violence, ...

This article is the first in a two-part series on Wave Two of the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey. Read part 2. The Development Policy Centre and the World Bank recently carried out consultations in ...

Tuvalu celebrated the official activation of its submarine cable, the Tuvalu Vaka Cable, on 24 October 2025. Funded by Australia, the United States, Taiwan, New Zealand and Japan and supported by ...

Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation CEO Tenanoia Simona (left), Minister Simon Kofe and Australia’s then Deputy High Commissioner to Tuvalu at the Tuvalu Vaka Cable Activation Ceremony ...

New Guinea is staggeringly rich in life. Occupying just 0.5% of Earth’s land surface, it hosts an estimated 5-8% of all species. This abundance is reflected in more than 2,800 orchid species, over ...

This blog updates the Development Policy Centre’s 2022 overview of Australian aid program procurement administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). In 2022, Huiyuan Liu found ...

According to the recent PNG National Census, the country’s population is around 10 million people. Four million are under the age of 18. Though the accuracy of the census figures is debatable, the ...