Papua New Guinea has taken on a global role in developing policies on climate change, most notably through the successful lobbying to gain recognition for avoided deforestation credits through the UN initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD), specifically REDD+ arrangements and via active participation in the Coalition of...
GOVERNMENTS & THEIR POWERS: There are three levels of government in Papua New Guinea, the national, provincial and local governments.
Papua New Guinea has recorded high levels of economic growth for a number of years, mainly on the back of the PNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which began production in mid-2014. The country’s abundance of natural resources has also seen many of the world’s largest oil and gas and mining companies enter the market. While the economic signs continue to be positive...
Improving the educational system remains a top priority in Papua New Guinea. The country is committed to the sector both in terms of political will and increasing expenditure, and over time schools have seen great improvements as resource wealth enters the economy and supports the national budget. PNG has already made significant advances in recent years. In particular,...
While Papua New Guinea continues to contend with a number of health issues related to both environmental risks and provision of care, recent progress suggests that positive changes are in the works. The prime minister has made this sector a top priority and relevant efforts are starting to pay off. Sufficiently financing the sector may be a challenge, as will delivery of...
The Papua New Guinea government has a number of ongoing programmes to promote and encourage the development of tourism that have proven successful. Visitor arrivals have almost quadrupled since 2002, and many destinations have been opened and improved. Yet the country remains primarily of interest to higher-end tourists. Travel is difficult and expensive so PNG is less a...
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